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I have a Debian server which is a "shared server" so I don't have root access but I want to install youtube-dl on it. Is it possible to install it some other way? Like it only accessing current directory or other limitations?

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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You can install youtube-dl through linuxbrew

Install linuxbrew:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linuxbrew/install/master/install)"
PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"

Add the line export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH" to your ~/.bashrc:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"' >>~/.bashrc

Install youtube-dl:

brew install youtube-dl
youtube-dl -U
GAD3R
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    Thanks! Your method works but I'm still curious to know why enabling Chmod 777 on my directory didn't work. – idn Jan 06 '17 at 22:55
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Just interpolate from the documentation.

With curl:

mkdir ~/bin
curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o ~/bin/youtube-dl
chmod 0750 ~/bin/youtube-dl

Or with wget:

mkdir ~/bin
wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O ~/bin/youtube-dl
chmod 0750 ~/bin/youtube-dl

Note its requirements.

It requires the Python interpreter (2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+).

If this a work server, know in advance whether you are permitted to install and stream.

Christopher
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  • I went to my temp directory and made a directory there for youtube-dl but when I run the curl or wget command, it says "/yt: Read-only file system" – idn Jan 06 '17 at 20:25
  • I've installed WordPress on it, doesn't that mean I have write permission? Also that mount | grep home returned nothing. – idn Jan 06 '17 at 20:42
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wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /download/path/
chmod u+rx /download/path/youtube-dl

Make sure you have access to the /download/path/

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  • Change path you want, for path you have execute and write permissions on! – djsmiley2kStaysInside Jan 06 '17 at 20:16
  • I went to my temp directory and made a directory there for youtube-dl but when I run the curl or wget command, it says "/yt: Read-only file system" – idn Jan 06 '17 at 20:25
  • Is it `/yt: Read-only..` or `/tmp/yt: Read-only...` and can you post the output of `mount | grep rw` – franklinsijo Jan 06 '17 at 20:31
  • it's /yt: Read-only.. and that mount command returned nothing. Please note that I've installed WordPress on this box. – idn Jan 06 '17 at 20:43
  • It is `sudo mount | grep rw`.Do you have any directory to which you have write access to? Any `/home` directory. – franklinsijo Jan 06 '17 at 20:45
  • I don't have sudo as I don't have root access. How can I determine and find if I have any directory with write access? – idn Jan 06 '17 at 21:38
  • Chmod won't work. I went to the hosting's web site and through a web interface assigned 777 on the folder but still get the same error. – idn Jan 06 '17 at 22:19