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@ -9,12 +9,28 @@ youtube-dlc - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
# INSTALLATION # INSTALLATION
To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, macOS, etc.), type: **All Platforms**
Preferred way using pip:
You may want to use `python3` instead of `python` You may want to use `python3` instead of `python`
python -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc python -m pip install --upgrade youtube-dlc
To build the Windows executable (a compiled version will be available online soon) **UNIX** (Linux, macOS, etc.)
Using wget:
sudo wget https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
Using curl:
sudo curl -L https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dlc
**Windows** users can download [youtube-dlc.exe](https://github.com/blackjack4494/youtube-dlc/releases/latest/download/youtube-dlc.exe) (**do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`!).
**Compile**
To build the Windows executable yourself
python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller python -m pip install --upgrade pyinstaller
pyinstaller.exe youtube_dl\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc pyinstaller.exe youtube_dl\__main__.py --onefile --name youtube-dlc
@ -22,6 +38,14 @@ To build the Windows executable (a compiled version will be available online soo
Or simply execute the `make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed. Or simply execute the `make_win.bat` if pyinstaller is installed.
There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist` There will be a `youtube-dlc.exe` in `/dist`
For Unix:
You will need the required build tools
python, make (GNU), pandoc, zip, nosetests
Then simply type this
make
# DESCRIPTION # DESCRIPTION
**youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like. **youtube-dlc** is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, and it is not platform specific. It should work on your Unix box, on Windows or on macOS. It is released to the public domain, which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.