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I'm using linux mint without problems except the yt-dlp app in the package manager repository is old and doesn't work when I use it. The yt-dlp devs said I need a newer version and to install it myself, except I can't find a straight answer as to how to do that.

I tried using pip and tried apt but neither works because the path is all wrong.

The linux mint forum website is a nightmare for newbs.

Thanks

I'm using linux mint without problems except the yt-dlp app in the package manager repository is old and doesn't work when I use it. The yt-dlp devs said I need a newer version and to install it myself, except I can't find a straight answer as to how to do that. I tried using pip and tried apt but neither works because the path is all wrong. The linux mint forum website is a nightmare for newbs. Thanks

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I use their Pip install instructions (github.com).

With those you can update it by re‐running the package install command.

python3 -m pip install -U "yt-dlp[default]"

You could put that in a cron job to make sure your version is up to date.

You could automate re‐downloading the latest release binary, but it would waste bandwidth unless you found a way to check the new release’s version.