Howdy, You can try to use `apt install --no-install-recommends youtube-dl` to solve the issue of too many packages being pulled in. As noted in a bug in Debian[0], mpv/mplayer are recommended as one of them is needed in order to obtain rtsp streams.
[0]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881326 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #881326 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881326 ** Changed in: youtube-dl (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1774728 Title: Installing youtube-dl on ubuntu minimal brings in far too many extraneous dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/youtube-dl/+bug/1774728/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
