debian 13.0, downloaded yt-dlp with wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
the python script is in that directory, but if I execute yt-dlp on the terminal it returns bash: yt-dlp: command not found
what should I do?
SOLVED: add .local/bin to your $PATH
I believe you simply downloaded the file to ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp, you did not install it. You need to either add that location to your path or you need to
cdto that folder in terminal, then run the command. It will check things in the current folder when trying to run executables.Unlike Windows, on Linux you need to run
./<command>instead of just<command>for executables in you current directory.Unless you have
.in your$PATHWhat a mad lad idea
You also need to
chmod +x pathfiles downloaded from the internet to make it executable.