Public bug reported:
Installing/upgrading `yt-dlp` does not install a necessary dependency
(`python3-brotli`).
Output of `lsb_release -rd`:
```
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04
```
Output of `apt-cache policy yt-dlp`
```
yt-dlp:
Installed: 2022.03.08.1-1~bpo20.04.1
Candidate: 2022.03.08.1-1~bpo20.04.1
Version table:
*** 2022.03.08.1-1~bpo20.04.1 100
100 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal-backports/universe arm64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
```
When trying to download media using `yt-dlp`, it gives out an error indicating
that an exception occurred because a necessary dependency was not found in the
system. The error message is as below:
```
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/yt-dlp", line 6, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3254,
in <module>
def _initialize_master_working_set():
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3237,
in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3266,
in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 584, in
_build_master
ws.require(__requires__)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 901, in
require
needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 787, in
resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'brotli' distribution was not found and
is required by yt-dlp
```
** Affects: yt-dlp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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yt-dlp: Unresolved dependency
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