How to install ydl_api_ng on Elementary OS Latest

ydl_api_ng is a Python module for interacting with the YouTube-DL command-line tool. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install ydl_api_ng on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

  1. Elementary OS Latest installed on your system
  2. Python 3 installed on your system
  3. Git installed on your system

Step 1: Install pip

pip is a package installer for Python. We will use pip to install ydl_api_ng.

To install pip on Elementary OS, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt install python3-pip

Step 2: Install YouTube-DL

ydl_api_ng requires the YouTube-DL command-line tool to function. To install YouTube-DL on Elementary OS, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt install youtube-dl

Step 3: Clone the ydl_api_ng repository

Now we will clone the ydl_api_ng repository from Github to install it on our system.

Run the following command in the terminal to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Totonyus/ydl_api_ng.git

Step 4: Install ydl_api_ng

Change into the ydl_api_ng directory that was just cloned:

cd ydl_api_ng

Next, install ydl_api_ng using pip:

sudo pip3 install .

Step 5: Verify the installation

To verify that ydl_api_ng is installed correctly, run the following command in the terminal:

python3 -c "import ydl_api_ng; print(ydl_api_ng.__version__)"

If everything was installed correctly, you should see the version number of ydl_api_ng printed in the terminal.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install ydl_api_ng on Elementary OS Latest. Now you can use its functionality to interact with YouTube-DL.