MrS0m30n3
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6 years ago That's already in the TODO list.
Closed bendover22 closed 6 years ago
MrS0m30n3
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6 years ago That's already in the TODO list.
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I found no real instructions or FAQ - here or in w/ real details on using yt-dlg to update yt-dl. I don't know if this is a bug or operator (me) error or neither.
The GUI leads you to think "update" under options will run under a user account & does show something like "downloading the latest..." on yt-dlg's screen. A couple days ago, I couldn't get yt-dlg to update yt-dl at all (a newer version was available). No messages, no log output about failed to update. I don't know if this is a yt-dlg or yt-dl issue (guessing -dlg).
I only used yt-dlg a few mo. Before, I mostly updated yt-dl via a PPA in the Mint repo.
There's no log entries about failed update (logging enabled), but that might only come from yt-dl. You'd think yt-dl would log something if it just updated.
After it finished & restarting yt-dlg, checking the youtube-dl --version still showed the same version as before, though the modified date of yt-dl file had changed. I tried updating couple more times via the GUI. The yt-dl installed version didn't change.
A few minutes later, I updated youtube-dl in terminal using sudo, which worked fine. Then checking the version showed the latest yt-dl - at that time - was installed.
Today, saw a new 2018.04.16 version was released, so I tried updating again from the GUI. It said "downloading the latest youtube-dl" or similar. It finished -successful. No mention of the version & nothing in the log.
Now the version check shows 2018.04.09 is installed. That's checking both /usr/bin & /usr/local/bin. But the version on https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ is 2018.04.16, not 04.09. So I don't know what's going on.
I don't know where youtube-dlg D/L's yt-dl updates from. Is the source yt-dlg fetches from a bit later getting the newest releases shown on https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/?
Bug report
Not sure if there is one - sorry.
What operating system do you use ?
Mint 18.1, updated except for kernel.
Feature request (request for a new functionality)
Regardless, I'd suggest that youtube-dlg show the currently installed yt-dl version - somewhere prominent - or near the menu option that probably should say, "Update youtube-dl" instead of "update". :) To make it easier to tell if it actually updated yt-dl & to what version.