Install yt-dlp:

*This is the successor to youtube-dl. This program is available as a apt package. But does not need many dependency's and is more up to date if I just download the binary from github.
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To use:
yt-dlp [site url]

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To Update:
sudo yt-dlp --update
*Will state your current and new version.

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To install:

For x86_64 only:

Get binary:
wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux

Name it correctly:
mv yt-dlp_linux yt-dlp

To install just for your user:
mv yt-dlp ~/.local/bin
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp

To install system wide:
sudo mv yt-dlp /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

It is now installed for your user!

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Source
Date: Early 2023 (for use) to August 17th 2023 (for current install way).
Update February 6th 2024: New install guide to install system wide.
Update March 31st 2024 (Easter Sunday): Added guide on how to update.

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