Download YouTube via command line

Question

In Firefox I use "DownloadHelper", is there a Mac OS X || Ubuntu command line tool that downloads YouTube videos for offline viewing?

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '13 at 04:43

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Try youtube-dl. It's a CLI python script so it shall work on any platform that has python installed.

edited Feb 14 '13 at 04:43

hayalci

answered Jun 05 '10 at 14:12

vtest

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Here is a link to the webpage. – Thomas Jun 05 '10 at 15:39
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If you use homebrew, try brew install youtube-dl – Natan Yellin Oct 11 '12 at 12:01
pip3 install --user --upgrade youtube_dl – michael Oct 30 '22 at 03:57

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