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How to install yt-dlp via python pip

yt-dlp - A youtube-dl fork with additional features and patches, it belongs to Classifiers:

- License :: Public Domain
- Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
- Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
- Topic :: Multimedia
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Video

When you know about this project and you want to new install yt-dlp to support your project or you get trouble as ModuleNotFoundError: No module named "yt-dlp" or ImportError: cannot import name "yt-dlp" in your project, let follow this tutorial to install yt-dlp

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip --version

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip --version

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date:

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

Optional - If you want to install in virtual environment:

In Windows (CMD):

- Install virtualenv - if you installed it, please ignore

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

- Create a virtual environment

py -m venv test_yt-dlp_env

- Active the virtual environment

test_yt-dlp_env\Scripts\active

In Unix/macOS:

- Install virtualenv - if you installed it, please ignore

pip3 install virtualenv

- Create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv test_yt-dlp_env

- Active the virtual environment

source test_yt-dlp_env/bin/active

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation yt-dlp

To install yt-dlp on Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install yt-dlp

To install yt-dlp on Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp

Step 3: If you want to install a specific yt-dlp version, add ==<yt-dlp version> to the end command line

Example: 

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.15                                                                          yanked

Please see the version list below table:

VersionReleased dateCommand
yt-dlp 2022.8.192022-08-19T00:13:06Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.8.19

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.8.19

yt-dlp 2022.8.142022-08-14T22:20:33Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.8.14

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.8.14

yt-dlp 2022.8.82022-08-08T22:17:18Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.8.8

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.8.8

yt-dlp 2022.7.182022-07-18T00:05:51Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.7.18

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.7.18

yt-dlp 2022.7.172022-07-17T23:50:21Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.7.17

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.7.17

yt-dlp 2022.6.292022-06-29T01:43:46Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.6.29

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.6.29

yt-dlp 2022.6.22.12022-06-22T01:16:17Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.6.22.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.6.22.1

yt-dlp 2022.6.222022-06-22T00:59:56Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.6.22

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.6.22

yt-dlp 2022.5.182022-05-18T03:37:52Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.5.18

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.5.18

yt-dlp 2022.4.82022-04-08T09:57:27Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.4.8

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.4.8

yt-dlp 2022.3.8.22022-03-09T01:44:07Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.3.8.2

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.3.8.2

yt-dlp 2022.3.8.12022-03-08T20:23:54Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.3.8.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.3.8.1

yt-dlp 2022.3.82022-03-08T19:57:34Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.3.8

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.3.8

yt-dlp 2022.2.42022-02-04T06:39:35Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.2.4

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.2.4

yt-dlp 2022.2.32022-02-03T17:52:14Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.2.3

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.2.3

yt-dlp 2022.1.212022-01-21T11:57:30Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2022.1.21

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2022.1.21

yt-dlp 2021.12.272021-12-27T02:31:00Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.12.27

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.12.27

yt-dlp 2021.12.252021-12-25T00:34:34Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.12.25

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.12.25

yt-dlp 2021.12.12021-12-01T00:23:50Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.12.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.12.1

yt-dlp 2021.11.10.12021-11-10T01:47:31Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.11.10.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.11.10.1

yt-dlp 2021.11.102021-11-10T01:14:52Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.11.10

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.11.10

yt-dlp 2021.10.222021-10-22T20:47:36Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.10.22

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.10.22

yt-dlp 2021.10.102021-10-10T04:03:32Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.10.10

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.10.10

yt-dlp 2021.10.92021-10-09T19:11:40Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.10.9

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.10.9

yt-dlp 2021.9.252021-09-25T01:00:17Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.9.25

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.9.25

yt-dlp 2021.9.22021-09-02T00:02:58Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.9.2

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.9.2

yt-dlp 2021.9.12021-09-01T23:03:41Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.9.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.9.1

yt-dlp 2021.8.102021-08-10T14:44:37Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.8.10

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.8.10

yt-dlp 2021.8.22021-08-02T05:09:36Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.8.2

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.8.2

yt-dlp 2021.7.242021-07-24T01:36:29Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.7.24

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.7.24

yt-dlp 2021.7.212021-07-21T21:07:10Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.7.21

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.7.21

yt-dlp 2021.7.72021-07-07T00:08:04Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.7.7

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.7.7

yt-dlp 2021.6.232021-06-23T02:06:21Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.23

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.23

yt-dlp 2021.6.92021-06-09T19:55:59Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.9

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.9

yt-dlp 2021.6.8 yanked2021-06-08T20:36:02Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.8                                                                          yanked

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.8                                                                          yanked

yt-dlp 2021.6.12021-06-01T15:06:19Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.6.1

yt-dlp 2021.5.202021-05-20T13:52:40Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.5.20

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.5.20

yt-dlp 2021.5.112021-05-11T08:07:45Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.5.11

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.5.11

yt-dlp 2021.4.222021-04-22T11:59:07Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.4.22

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.4.22

yt-dlp 2021.4.112021-04-11T21:53:08Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.4.11

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.4.11

yt-dlp 2021.4.32021-04-03T22:27:20Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.4.3

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.4.3

yt-dlp 2021.3.24.12021-03-24T23:08:12Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.24.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.24.1

yt-dlp 2021.3.24 yanked2021-03-24T22:51:48Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.24                                                                          yanked

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.24                                                                          yanked

yt-dlp 2021.3.212021-03-21T21:28:17Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.21

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.21

yt-dlp 2021.3.152021-03-15T00:28:21Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.15

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.15

yt-dlp 2021.3.72021-03-07T18:38:41Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.7

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.7

yt-dlp 2021.3.3.22021-03-03T11:07:14Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.3.2

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.3.2

yt-dlp 2021.3.3.1 yanked2021-03-03T11:00:30Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.3.1                                                                          yanked

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.3.1                                                                          yanked

yt-dlp 2021.3.3 yanked2021-03-03T10:56:09Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.3                                                                          yanked

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.3                                                                          yanked

yt-dlp 2021.3.12021-03-01T00:11:37Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.3.1

yt-dlp 2021.2.242021-02-24T21:13:22Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.24

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.24

yt-dlp 2021.2.192021-02-19T21:47:23Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.19

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.19

yt-dlp 2021.2.152021-02-15T22:50:44Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.15

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.15

yt-dlp 2021.2.92021-02-09T20:01:08Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.9

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.9

yt-dlp 2021.2.42021-02-04T23:24:34Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.4

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.2.4

yt-dlp 2021.1.292021-01-29T17:58:51Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.29

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.29

yt-dlp 2021.1.24.post12021-01-24T20:12:08Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.24.post1

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.24.post1

yt-dlp 2021.1.242021-01-24T16:04:28Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.24

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.24

yt-dlp 2021.1.202021-01-20T21:26:54Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.20

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.20

yt-dlp 2021.1.162021-01-16T18:57:39Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.16

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.16

yt-dlp 2021.1.15.post1 yanked2021-01-15T18:58:23Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.15.post1                                                                          yanked

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.15.post1                                                                          yanked

yt-dlp 2021.1.15 yanked2021-01-15T18:36:24Windows:

py -m pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.15                                                                          yanked

Unix/macOs:

pip install yt-dlp==2021.1.15                                                                          yanked

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install yt-dlp from local archives:

Download the distribution file from yt-dlp-2022.8.19.tar.gz or the specific yt-dlp version in the below list of distribution

After that, install by command:

On Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install <path_to_yt-dlp_downloaded_file>

On Unix/macOs:

pip install <path_to_yt-dlp_downloaded_file>

List distribution:

Project link:

- Homepage
- Documentation
- Funding
- Source
- Tracker

 

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