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my ubuntu is Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS.
Not long ago I successfully used utility youtube-dlp.
Now not working.
Ubuntu does not recognize the command.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?
Can anyone tell me where to get better youtube-dlp
Thanks.
Bill S.

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Bill Ubuntu wrote:

my ubuntu is Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS.
Not long ago I successfully used utility youtube-dlp.
Now not working.
Ubuntu does not recognize the command.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?
Can anyone tell me where to get better youtube-dlp
Thanks.
Bill S.

you can just use a browser. eg. https://app.ytdown.to/en25/
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On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:32:22 -0700, Bill Ubuntu wrote:

Can anyone tell me where to get better youtube-dlp

Use the Source, Luke! <https://github.com/yt-dlp/>
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On Wed, 4/22/2026 3:32 PM, Bill Ubuntu wrote:

my ubuntu is Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS.
Not long ago I successfully used utility youtube-dlp.
Now not working.
Ubuntu does not recognize the command.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?
Can anyone tell me where to get better youtube-dlp
Thanks.
Bill S.

There is a summary here. But we'll look around first.
Maybe we can get it by banging on the pipes with our spanner.

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation

bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $ yt-dlp -U
Current version: stable@2024.04.09 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Latest version: stable@2026.03.17 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
ERROR: As yt-dlp has been installed via apt, you should use that to update. If you're on a stable release, also check backports.
bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $

bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $ snap search yt-dlp
Name Version Publisher Notes Summary
yt-dlp 2026.03.17-1-gf01e1a1ce degville A fork of youtube-dl with additional features and patches

OK, so what I'm going to do, is go into Synaptic and uninstall 2024.04.09 first.

Then, in terminal, I'll use SNAP for it.

bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $ sudo synaptic <=== removed yt-dlp in here [sudo] password for bullwinkle:
bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $ snap install yt-dlp
yt-dlp 2026.03.17-1-gf01e1a1ce from Graham Morrison (degville) installed WARNING: There is 1 new warning. See 'snap warnings'.
bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $ yt-dlp --version
bash: /usr/bin/yt-dlp: No such file or directory
bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $ which yt-dlp
/snap/bin/yt-dlp
bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $ /snap/bin/yt-dlp --version
2026.03.17
bullwinkle@SUPERFLY :~ $

That should be sufficient, plus or minus the path issue.

Paul
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:30:54 -0400, Paul wrote:

There is a summary here. But we'll look around first.
Maybe we can get it by banging on the pipes with our spanner.

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation

What I do is git-clone the whole repo and just run the yt-dlp.sh
script that it includes. Nice and simple.
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On 22/04/2026 20:32, Bill Ubuntu wrote:

my ubuntu is Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS.
Not long ago I successfully used utility youtube-dlp.
Now not working.
Ubuntu does not recognize the command.
Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?
Can anyone tell me where to get better youtube-dlp
Thanks.
Bill S.

Have you tried the command yt-dlp instead?

I installed it from this PPA https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/tomtomtom/yt-dlp/ubuntu
Due to https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-websites-ddos-attack
you'll have to install it that way.
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