sources.list? trying to install newest yt-dlp on debian 12.6

Linux@lemmy.ml – 39 points – 2 months ago

All I wanted is to install the current yt-dlp (2024.07.16-1) on debian 12.6.

Suggested way to that according to https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/yt-dlp/download is to add that line to that file (etc/apt/sources.list), but do I really need to download the 1600 files that upgrade would entail?

I don't want to download the tar.gz 'cause upgrading that would be a pain.

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That’s what I do, except I straight up create the python venv in a folder, activate it and then do pip install yt-dlp. No messing up with my system.

pipx does that without this manual process - it's meant for these standalone apps that are in your $PATH.

It’s a good concept, I just have to look it up and understand exactly what it is doing before I start using it.