install-update-yt-dlp

install-update-yt-dlp.sh

# This is a simple script to install yt-dlp and create a cron job to automatically update yt-dlp on a daily basis. 
# can be executed with: 
# sudo su -c "bash <(wget -qO- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jonath92/039e998b3d3f6ba4afd5d5c671eaedf1/raw/12dbaa50fb1c69da7e7ab2dca546756a8ef4bb8d/install-update-yt-dlp.sh)" root

# install yt-dlp (see https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#installation)
sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

# Remove apt version to prevent conflicts
sudo apt purge yt-dlp 

# ytdlp requires ffmpeg
sudo apt install ffmpeg -y

# create script for daily update
UPDATE_PATH="/etc/cron.daily/update_yt_dlp"
touch ${UPDATE_PATH}
echo "#! /bin/sh" > ${UPDATE_PATH}
echo "yt-dlp -U" >> ${UPDATE_PATH}
chmod +x ${UPDATE_PATH}