youtube-dl-repl is a frontend for youtube-dl providing an interactive shell mode (REPL).
youtube-dl-repl takes command-line arguments of youtube-dl and then, makes a loop:
youtube-dl-repl should run smoothly on Windows and macOS, and can be installed by the use of cargo. Yet, it is being developed and primarily tested on Fedora Linux.
youtube-dl-repl (in Rust) requires youtube-dl (in Python) to be installed on the system as a dependency. Note that to make them work together you need to perform a separate installation of youtube-dl e.g., from your Linux distro's repositories.
youtube-dl-repl v1.0.0:
– Was successfully tested on Arch Linux, Fedora Linux 37, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.10.
– Failed to run on Mageia 8 due to an old glibc version (required ≥2.34).
[recommended for programmers]
1. Install from crates.io by the use of cargo:
cargo install youtube-dl-repl
By default, the file will be downloaded to .cargo/bin/, a hidden folder in your home directory.
2a. For convenience, you will probably want to copy youtube-dl-repl to /usr/bin/ as in Method 2 (3a, 3b).
2b. Alternatively, add ~/.cargo/bin directory to your PATH variable (can be set up by rustup).
1. Download the distro-independent binary of youtube-dl-repl from GitHub.
2. Make the file executable:
sudo chmod +x ./youtube-dl-repl
3a. On most Linux distros, install youtube-dl-repl via copying the binary to /usr/bin/:
sudo cp youtube-dl-repl /usr/bin/
3b. On Fedora Silverblue / Kinoite:
sudo cp youtube-dl-repl /var/usrlocal/bin/
[recommended for most users]
Distro-specific packages are also available for download for .rpm- and .deb-based Linux distros. Installation instructions:
Fedora Linux / RHEL / openSUSE:
sudo rpm -i youtube-dl-repl-1.0.0-1.x8664.rpm_
Fedora Silverblue / Kinoite:
rpm-ostree install youtube-dl-repl-1.0.0-1.x8664.rpm_
Ubuntu:
sudo dpkg -i youtube-dl-repl1.0.0amd64.deb
Download and unpack the youtube-dl-repl source from GitHub. Then, build and install the program:
cargo build --release && sudo cp target/release/youtube-dl-repl /usr/bin/