usr/local/bin/youtube-dl: line 2: Resolving: command not found usr/local/bin/youtube-dl: line 1: -: command not found So probably, the above commands might throw an error message as shown below: SSL: certificate subject name '*.' does not match target host name ''Īlso the command, youtube-dl will fail with the below error message: $ youtube-dl -help It seems like, the site that’s hosting youtube-dl has SSL certificate issue (at the time of writing this article – ). Note: If you don’t have Python-pip installed, then click this link to install it. Install it using Python-pip as shown below: $ sudo pip install -upgrade youtube_dl Another important prerequisite is – ffmpeg. However, youtube-dl can be used on Windows platform as well (you’ll need to download corresponding Windows executable that includes Python).

If you don’t have Python installed, then here’s the tutorial that can help you to install Python. The utility can be installed easily on any Linux platform that supports Python Interpreter (version 2.6, 2.7 or 3.2+). This tutorial will guide you to install a simple command-line utility called youtube-dl that allows you to extract audio from your favorite YouTube videos.

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