How To Install youtube-dl on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install youtube-dl on CentOS 7.
What is youtube-dl
Small command-line program to download videos from YouTube and other sites.
We can use yum or dnf to install youtube-dl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install youtube-dl.
Install youtube-dl on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install youtube-dl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install youtube-dl
Install youtube-dl on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install youtube-dl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install youtube-dl
How To Uninstall youtube-dl on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the youtube-dl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove youtube-dl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install youtube-dl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
