Tube is a command-line client for YouTube, written in Python. It allows you to search, browse, and watch videos on YouTube, without the need for a web browser. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Tube on FreeBSD Latest.
To follow this tutorial, you should have a FreeBSD Latest server, and you should be logged in as a user with sudo privileges.
Before installing Tube, it is recommended that you update your FreeBSD system to the latest version. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Tube requires Python 3 to be installed on your system. To install Python 3, run the following command:
sudo pkg install python3
Tube has several dependencies that need to be installed before it can be installed. Run the following commands to install the dependencies:
sudo pkg install py37-setuptools
sudo pkg install py37-requests
sudo pkg install py37-mutagen
To install Tube on FreeBSD, you need to clone the Tube repository from GitHub. Run the following commands to clone the repository and install Tube:
git clone https://github.com/prologic/tube.git
cd tube
sudo python3 setup.py install
To test Tube, run the following command:
tube search "FreeBSD"
This should display a list of YouTube videos related to FreeBSD. You can play a video by entering its ID:
tube play <video_id>
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Tube on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use Tube to search, browse, and watch videos on YouTube from the command-line.
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