YOUTUBE-DL-REPL

youtube-dl-repl is a user-friendly interface for youtube-dl that features an interactive command-line interface (REPL).

EXAMPLES

youtube-dl-repl utilises the command-line arguments of youtube-dl, and subsequently enters a loop, enabling the user to continually input URLs.

INSTALLATION ON LINUX

youtube-dl-repl is designed to be compatible with Windows and macOS, and can be easily installed using cargo. However, the primary development and testing environment for youtube-dl-repl is Fedora Linux.

The Rust-based program youtube-dl-repl requires the Python-based program youtube-dl to be installed on the system as a dependency. To use them together, you must separately install youtube-dl through your Linux distribution's package repositories.

The current version of youtube-dl-repl (v1.0.1) has been verified to work properly on Fedora Linux 37 and Ubuntu 22.10.

METHOD 1 – USING CARGO

[Recommended for programmers]

1. To install youtube-dl-repl from crates.io, use the following cargo command:

cargo install youtube-dl-repl

The executable will be saved in the hidden .cargo/bin/ directory within your home directory.

2a. For easy access, you may want to copy the youtube-dl-repl file to the /usr/bin/ directory. This can be done by following the instructions in Method 2 (3a, 3b).

2b. As an alternative, you can add the ~/.cargo/bin/ directory to your system's PATH variable, which can be configured using rustup.

METHOD 2 – UNIVERSAL LINUX BINARIES

1. To install youtube-dl-repl, first download the distro-independent binary from GitHub.

2. Then, make the file executable by running the command:

sudo chmod +x ./youtube-dl-repl

3a. On most Linux distributions, install youtube-dl-repl by copying the binary to /usr/bin/:

sudo cp youtube-dl-repl /usr/bin/

3b. For Fedora Silverblue / Kinoite, use this command:

sudo cp youtube-dl-repl /var/usrlocal/bin/

METHOD 3 – DISTRO-SPECIFIC PACKAGES

[Recommended for most users]

Distro-specific packages for .rpm and .deb-based Linux distributions are also available for download. To install youtube-dl-repl on different Linux distributions, follow these instructions:

Fedora Linux / RHEL / openSUSE:

sudo rpm -i youtube-dl-repl-1.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm

Fedora Silverblue / Kinoite:

rpm-ostree install youtube-dl-repl-1.0.1-1.x86_64.rpm

Ubuntu:

sudo dpkg -i youtube-dl-repl_1.0.1_amd64.deb

METHOD 4 – MANUAL COMPILATION

First, download and unpack the youtube-dl-repl source code from GitHub. Next, to build and install the program, use the command:

cargo build --release && sudo cp target/release/youtube-dl-repl /usr/bin/