Downloading fails with a "No such file or directory" from youtube-dl

[beerendlauwers]

I'm trying to download this lecture: https://stackskills.com/courses/sparkwords/lectures/1496358

Here's the full error dump:

Downloading I_HAVE_A_SECRET_TO_TELL_YOU
/home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/lecture.rb:57:in ``': No such file or directory - youtube-dl (Errno::ENOENT)
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/lecture.rb:57:in `download_video'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/lecture.rb:37:in `block in download'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:13:in `block in mkchdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:12:in `chdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:12:in `mkchdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/lecture.rb:36:in `download'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course.rb:24:in `block (2 levels) in download'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course.rb:23:in `each'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course.rb:23:in `block in download'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:13:in `block in mkchdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:12:in `chdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:12:in `mkchdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course.rb:22:in `download'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course_finder.rb:13:in `block (2 levels) in run'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course_finder.rb:41:in `block in execute'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course_finder.rb:36:in `each'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course_finder.rb:36:in `execute'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course_finder.rb:12:in `block in run'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:13:in `block in mkchdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:12:in `chdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/utilities.rb:12:in `mkchdir'
    from /home/beerend/stackskills-dl-master/lib/course_finder.rb:11:in `run'
    from stackskills_dl.rb:11:in `<main>'

I can send you the HTML source via e-mail for further debugging if this can help you, just send me an e-mail at beerendlauwers@gmail.com.

[yoonwaiyan]

Are you using Windows?

[beerendlauwers]

Sorry, forgot to mention that. Ubuntu 16.04.

[ghost]

Same issue with me Ubuntu on 16.04

[yoonwaiyan]

Hi, sorry for the slow response. Can I confirm that youtube-dl is installed and executable in your stackskills-dl directory?

[yoonwaiyan]

I'm closing this issue for now as there's no response, feel free to re-open if there's any new findings on this issue.

[beerendlauwers]

Hi @yoonwaiyan, youtube-dl was probably not installed since this was on a relatively fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04. I was confused because it had already downloaded the majority of the videos of the course. I'll try it with youtube-dlinstalled later today.