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Placeholder repository to allow filing of general bugs/issues/etc against the Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture linux distribution
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Consider adding youtube-dl #450

Open pceiley opened 5 years ago

pceiley commented 5 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It's a widely used command line tool and is not easily available as a Flatpak

Describe the solution you'd like youtube-dl package included.

Describe alternatives you've considered Flatpak

Additional context https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl

ahkok commented 5 years ago

sudo pip3 install youtube-dl.

miguelinux commented 5 years ago

Another solution is to follow its download webpage:

https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

pceiley commented 5 years ago

I guess I wanted it in the main repositories so I don't have to worry about keeping it up to date.

Nirgendsdorf commented 5 years ago

I guess I wanted it in the main repositories so I don't have to worry about keeping it up to date.

Meh, goes with the territory of PC ownership, IMO. We already get professionally managed OS updates, which I think is pretty good. And we don't even get our hands greasy, unlike with maintaining a car...