Information about the package, youtube-dl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The youtube-dl package is designed for, A small command-line program to download online videos.
Package Name:
youtube-dl
Summary:
A small command-line program to download online videos
URL:
Description:
Small command-line program to download videos from YouTube and other sites.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2018.04.16
Release:
1.el6
Size:
2.7 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Unlicense
Control the youtube-dl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install youtube-dl
This command will install youtube-dl on the server.
yum remove youtube-dl
This command will un-install youtube-dl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove youtube-dl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove youtube-dl
This command will un-install youtube-dl on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove youtube-dl when using the -y flag.
yum update youtube-dl
This command will update youtube-dl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove youtube-dl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update youtube-dl
This command will update youtube-dl to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove youtube-dl when using the -y flag.
yum info youtube-dl
This command will show you core information about the youtube-dl package.
yum deplist youtube-dl
This command will show you the dependencies for youtube-dl. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update youtube-dl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on youtube-dl. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.