Public bug reported:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04
$ apt-cache policy youtube-dl
youtube-dl:
Installed: 2018.03.14-1ubuntu18.04.1
Candidate: 2018.03.14-1ubuntu18.04.1
Version table:
*** 2018.03.14-1ubuntu18.04.1 500
500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64
Packages
500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2018.03.14-1 500
500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
$ youtube-dl 'cbP2N1BQdYc'
[youtube] cbP2N1BQdYc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] cbP2N1BQdYc: Downloading video info webpage
WARNING: Unable to extract video title
[youtube] cbP2N1BQdYc: Extracting video information
ERROR: Unable to extract uploader name; please report this issue on
https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see
https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the
--verbose flag and include its complete output.
Apparently because YouTube has changed since then and the old code no
longer works with it. The version of youtube-dl packaged in pypi (for
installation via pip; 'youtube-dl --version' from within a venv shows
2018.03.14) seems to be outdated too and produces a similar error. The
solution was to install the latest version from the projects github
page: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-
dl/blob/master/README.md#installation
However, adding the newest version of the package to the repositories
would not be a permanent solution. YouTube can change anytime and thus
the youtube-dl in the repositories would have to be updated too
correspondingly, is it "acceptable" to have such a fast updating package
in an LTS version?
** Affects: youtube-dl (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: repository youtube-dl
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youtube-dl dead on arrival when installed from the apt repositories
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