yt-dlp install the latest version on freebsd

NapoleonWils0n

NapoleonWils0n

Freebsd install the latest version of yt-dlp even if you are running quarterly packages.
Quarterly packages are released every 3 months which means the version of yt-dlp will be quite old


freebsd yt-dlp latest release install
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we will manually download the latest release of yt-dlp

however the the yt-dlp shebang points to python3 so we need to fix issue using a symlink
and alter our shell path so binaries in our home bin directory override those installed in /usr/local/bin

this will allow applications that use yt-dlp in the backend to use the lastest version
instead of the old version installed with pkg

the yt-dlp shebang points to python3
so we need to create a symlink from python 3.9 to python3

obviously you need python3.9 installed

Code: 
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.9 /usr/local/bin/python3

edit your ~/.zshenv

Code: 
vi ~/.zshenv

set your path so that the bin directory in your home comes before /usr/local/bin

Code: 
typeset -U PATH path
path=("$HOME/bin" "/usr/local/bin" "$path[@]")
export PATH

this allows us override yt-dlp installed in /usr/local/bin with our newer version install in the bin directory in your home
download yt-dlp from the release on github

github.com

Releases · yt-dlp/yt-dlp

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader - yt-dlp/yt-dlp
github.com github.com

make yt-dlp executable

Code: 
chmod +x yt-dlp

and move it to the bin directory in your home
if you dont have a bin directory create it

Code: 
mv yt-dlp ~/bin

run which yt-dlp

Code: 
which yt-dlp

it should output

Code: 
/home/username/bin/yt-dlp

instead of

Code: 
/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

check the version

Code: 
yt-dlp --version

ouput

2023.11.16

pkg version

Code: 
/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp --version

outputs

2023.07.06

update yt-dlp in your bin directory by running

Code: 
yt-dlp -U
 
yt-dlp package version

Code: 
/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp --version

2024.03.10

yt-dlp manually installed version

Code: 
yt-dlp --version

2024.05.27

answer = yes
 
bsdcode said:
Thanks!

In my opinion www/yt-dlp should be one of the few exceptional ports getting version upgrades in the quarterly branch. Changes on youtube etc. happen quite often and can render yt-dlp in quarterly completely useless until the next branch. But of course that's for the port maintainer to decide.
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Well, Merge from Main is allowed among other reasons as for example bug fixes so this should be not a problem.
 
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