How To Install youtubedl-gui on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install youtubedl-gui on Ubuntu 22.04. youtubedl-gui is GUI on youtube-dl to download videos from a variety of sites

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install youtubedl-gui on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is youtubedl-gui

youtubedl-gui is:

Graphical interface to youtube-dl, the CLI for downloading videos from a variety of sites. Allows control of format, resolution, audio and video codecs, etc.

There are three methods to install youtubedl-gui on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install youtubedl-gui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install youtubedl-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install youtubedl-gui

Install youtubedl-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install youtubedl-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install youtubedl-gui

Install youtubedl-gui Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install youtubedl-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install youtubedl-gui

How To Uninstall youtubedl-gui on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the youtubedl-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove youtubedl-gui

Uninstall youtubedl-gui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall youtubedl-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove youtubedl-gui

Remove youtubedl-gui Configurations and Data

To remove youtubedl-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge youtubedl-gui

Remove youtubedl-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove youtubedl-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge youtubedl-gui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install youtubedl-gui package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.