YoutubeDL-Material is a web-based frontend for the popular command line tool youtube-dl, used for downloading YouTube videos, that provides a polished and user-friendly interface. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps necessary to install YoutubeDL-Material on a Debian Latest system.
Before we start the installation process, there are a few prerequisites that we will need to make sure have been met:
We need to install a few dependencies before we start the installation process. Run the following commands to install them:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git-core ffmpeg libffi-dev libssl-dev python3-dev -y
Clone the YoutubeDL-Material repository using git on the Debian system.
git clone https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material.git
cd YoutubeDL-Material
Create a virtual environment for YoutubeDL-Material using virtualenv, activate it, and install the required Python packages:
python3 -m virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
Copy the example configuration file and customize it to suit your needs:
cp config.example.json config.json
nano config.json
Here you can edit various settings related to the application such as the IP address, port number, download path, etc. Note that some settings such as the secret_key are mandatory and must be set before the application can be run.
Once you have finished configuring the application, you can run it using:
python3 app.py
By default, the application will run on port 8080. You can access it by visiting http://[your server IP address]:8080 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have walked through the steps necessary to install YoutubeDL-Material on a Debian Latest system. With YoutubeDL-Material set up you can now enjoy downloading YouTube videos with a polished and user-friendly interface. The web-based frontend makes it easy to organize and keep track of your downloads.
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