How to Install youtube-dl on Termux

In this tutorial, we are going to see the method to Install youtube-dl on Termux Terminal Emulator for Android.

Already we Publish the Method to Install youtube-dl on Ubuntu - youtube-dl Software Helps us to Download the Videos & Audios from Youtube in Different Formats.

Download Youtube videos on your Android device by using Termux.it's very to install & download the youtube videos & audio From the Command Line with youtube-dl.

Table of Contents

1. Package Requirements
2. Install youtube-dl
3. Install via Shell Script
4. Install via cURL
5. How to use?
6. Uninstall

Requirements

• Termux Terminal Emulator
• Storage permission (termux-setup-storage)
• cURL ( pkg install curl )
• Python - Guide to Install Python3 and Python2 on Termux
• ffmpeg (For Audio Conversion)

pkg install ffmpeg

Install youtube-dl on Termux

• Open the termux APP
• Install youtube-dl via cURL

curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/youtube-dl

• Give Permission to Execute the Script

chmod a+rx /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/youtube-dl

• Verify your Installation

which youtube-dl

• Learn More about youtube-dl Command Line tool

youtube-dl --help

• Update Youtube-dl

chmod a+rx /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/youtube-dl
youtube-dl -U

Shell Script to Download youtube-dl

Bash Shell Script to youtube-dl on Termux Terminal Emulator

Download via cURL

Download and Install via cURL Command

curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mskian/6ea9c2b32d5f41867e7cafc88d1b26d5/raw/youtube-dl.sh | bash

Usage

Youtube Video and Audio Downloader for Android.

Download youtube videos

youtube-dl YOUTUBE VIDEO URL

List the Video Formats

youtube-dl --list-formats YOUTUBEVIDEOURL

Download youtube video by using Format code

youtube-dl -f FORMATCODE YOUTUBEVIDEOURL

Download as MP3

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 YOUTUBE VIDEO URL

Uninstall youtube-dl

Uninstall youtube-dl from Termux

• Installed Location - /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/
• Goto youtube-dl installed location

cd /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/

• Remove/uninstall youtube-dl Software

rm youtube-dl

From the Editor's Desk

Hope this tutorial will help your install youtube-dl command line tool on Android by using termux.
If you have doubts feel free to comment here I will guide you.