debian 13.0, downloaded yt-dlp with wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
the python script is in that directory, but if I execute yt-dlp on the terminal it returns bash: yt-dlp: command not found
what should I do?
I’ll assume you’re new to Debian, so apologies if this is not true. The reason I say this is because generally speaking, “installing with wget” isn’t how one is supposed to install software in Debian, using a program called apt is. yt-dlp is available in Debian 13’s repositories. What I suggest doing is running
apt install yt-dlpas root. That way the app will be installed globally, meaning it’ll work without the system spitting out the error you’ve described. And on another positive note, the app will get updated automatically whenever you upgrade the system.If this isn’t for you, suggestions from other users here are valid and helpful.
Do note that the yt-dlp version in stable will go out of date; I recommend installing it from the backports repo so it keeps updating.