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[SOLVED] how come yt-dlp on a terminal returns bash: yt-dlp: command not found even though I installed it with wget? debian 13 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by arsus5478@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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

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[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

what you should do: delete that file and then listen to onlooker's advice about using apt to install software when you can

what is happening: an arbitrary file you create to hold the contents of some data you streamed off the internet, for very good reason, is not automatically treated as an executable, partly because for all wget knows, it's just a photograph or some text. to mark a file as executable, you need to run chmod +x /path/to/script/file to add to the file's permissions. to learn more, and you should, please learn about file permissions and how those work on linux systems.