How to install Alltube on POP! OS Latest

Introduction

Alltube is a web interface for youtube-dl. It allows you to search and watch YouTube videos directly from your web browser. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Alltube on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A computer running POP! OS Latest.
  • Root privileges, or sudo rights.

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Alltube requires several dependencies to function correctly. We need to install these dependencies before proceeding with the installation. To install dependencies, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev

Step 2 - Install Alltube

Once you have installed the dependencies, it's time to download and install Alltube. To download Alltube, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Rudloff/alltube

After the download completes, navigate to the Alltube directory.

cd alltube

Next, install Alltube using pip3.

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 3 - Configure Alltube

Now that we have installed Alltube successfully, we need to configure it to set up our initial settings. First, we need to copy the default configuration file.

cp alltube/default_config.py alltube/config.py

Next, we need to create a secret key to be used by Alltube.

python3 -c "import os; print(os.urandom(16))"

Copy the secret key generated by the above command.

b'_\xbeLm\xb1\xb2\xd1\xf7B\xd6\xe9\xf8\xe7\xf0c\xf3'

Open the config.py file and replace the SECRET_KEY setting with the secret key generated earlier.

SECRET_KEY = b'_\xbeLm\xb1\xb2\xd1\xf7B\xd6\xe9\xf8\xe7\xf0c\xf3'

Step 4 - Start Alltube

We are now ready to start Alltube. To do this, navigate to the Alltube directory and run the following command:

python3 run.py

This command will start the Alltube webserver. To access Alltube, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000. You should see the Alltube homepage. From here, you can start to search and watch YouTube videos.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Alltube on POP! OS Latest. You can now enjoy an easy to use web interface for downloading and watching YouTube videos.