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JaGoLi / ytdl-gui

A simple-to-use, cross-platform graphical interface for youtube-dl.
GNU General Public License v3.0
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python3-pip dependency is excessive in ppa #45

Closed nobody43 closed 3 years ago

nobody43 commented 3 years ago

youtube-dl could be acquired by other means and not everyone wants a whole toolchain (216 Mb) on their system.

nobody43 commented 3 years ago

python, however, is necessary.

$ youtube-dl --version
/usr/bin/env: python: No such file or directory
# apt install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'python-is-python2' instead of 'python'
$ youtube-dl --version
2021.06.06
JaGoLi commented 3 years ago

I have instead decided to make the package conflict with the ubuntu repo's version of youtube-dl and maintain python3-pip as a dependency. As well, there is now a postinstall script installing youtube-dl via pip-3 automatically. I think this is the best way for most users as it makes sure that they will be using an up-to-date and working version of youtube-dl when they install the program.