Tutorial: How to Install YoutubeDL-Material on Arch Linux

YoutubeDL-Material is an open-source web-based YouTube downloader and converter. In this tutorial, we’ll show you the steps to install YoutubeDL-Material on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, make sure that you have the following:

• Arch Linux installed on your system.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

1. Open your terminal and update the system:

sudo pacman -Syu

2. Install the required dependencies:

sudo pacman -S git python python-pip

Step 2: Clone the Repository

1. Clone the YoutubeDL-Material Git repository using the command:

git clone https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material.git

2. Change into the directory:

cd YoutubeDL-Material

Step 3: Install Required Python Libraries

1. Install the required Python libraries using the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. If you encounter any errors during the installation, try running the command with sudo:

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Configure YoutubeDL-Material

1. Copy the sample configuration file:

cp config.example.json config.json

2. Edit the config.json file to set your preferences. You may want to change the default download location, or set your default extraction options.

Step 5: Run YoutubeDL-Material

1. Start the server by running:

python server.py

2. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080.

You should see the YoutubeDL-Material interface running on your Arch Linux system. You can start downloading and converting YouTube videos directly from the web interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install YoutubeDL-Material on Arch Linux. The steps are straightforward and easy to follow, so you should have no problems getting started with this powerful YouTube downloader and converter.

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