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youtube-dl downloads neither videos nor mp3. This is the command I use:

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 <Youtube URL>

The output:

m62iekbg9eo: "token" parameter not in video info for unknown reason; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

The version is 2018.03.14. I upgraded it using pip and it said it is upgraded. But when I asked the version youtube-dl --version it still shows me 2018.03.14.

So I deleted youtube-dl and installed it again with pip. The commands I used:

sudo apt-get remove youtube-dl
sudo apt-get install python-pip  
pip install --user youtube-dl

But now, when I try to donwload an mp3 it says:

bash: /usr/bin/youtube-dl: No such file or directory

Also I use 18.04.3 LTS

sarp
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  • You haven't given your release details, nor if you actually installed the program using apt package tools if you removed it before using python-pip to upgrade/install it. I suspect you've two versions installed; but it's unclear from your description. – guiverc Jan 13 '20 at 08:57

2 Answers2

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Remove an youtube-dl packages from your system. 

sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

  • First one draws the program from git, and saves the file under /usr/local/bin/

  • Second one makes it executable.

This is the up-to-date version direct from git. From time to time you have to update the programm with 

sudo youtube-dl -U
nobody
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  • Thanks, this solved my problem with a sligtly change on the command where /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl is simply /usr/bin/youtube-dl – sarp Jan 13 '20 at 09:42
  • You should let it in /usr/local/bin/ this is in your $PATH. – nobody Jan 13 '20 at 09:46
  • But it gives the same error: 
    bash: /usr/bin/youtube-dl: No such file or directory
    – sarp Jan 13 '20 at 10:15
  • Okay then make a softlink sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl /usr/bin/youtube-dl but /usr/local/bin should in your $PATH. echo $PATH – nobody Jan 13 '20 at 10:25
  • You just need to open a new terminal window and issue the youtube-dl command there, after uninstalling the apt version, to avoid the the path mangling issue – matanox Jun 24 '20 at 19:14
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I would suggest removing all youtube-dl packages from your system, so that when you run youtube-dl you will get Command not found error.

After that, run the command (as root user or prefixed with sudo):

 # pip install -U youtube-dl

It will install youtube-dl to path /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl.

Note: Before using youtube-dl in the future, run the above command to update it to the latest version.

FedKad
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