How to Install YoutubeDL-Material on NetBSD

YoutubeDL-Material is a web-based GUI for youtube-dl, a command-line tool to download YouTube videos. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install YoutubeDL-Material on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before continuing with the installation process, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• NetBSD operating system installed on your machine
• Command-line access with root privileges
• Git and Node.js installed on your system

Step 1: Clone the Repository

The first step is to clone the YoutubeDL-Material repository from GitHub. Open your Terminal and run the following command to clone the repository:

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

This command will create a directory called YoutubeDL-Material and download all the necessary files from GitHub.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

The next step is to install the dependencies required to run YoutubeDL-Material. Change your directory to YoutubeDL-Material and run the following command:

cd YoutubeDL-Material
npm install

This command will install all the dependencies mentioned in the package.json file.

Step 3: Configure YoutubeDL-Material

Now you need to configure YoutubeDL-Material according to your preferences. Rename the config.json.example file to config.json:

mv config.json.example config.json

Open the config.json file in your favorite text editor and change the following settings:

• port: Set the port number that YoutubeDL-Material will listen on. The default is 4200.
• enableAuth: Set it to false to disable authentication for YoutubeDL-Material.
• downloadPath: Set the directory path where you want to download the videos.

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Start YoutubeDL-Material

To start the YoutubeDL-Material server, run the following command:

npm start

This command will start the server and listen on the port number you set in the config.json file.

Step 5: Access YoutubeDL-Material

Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:4200. If you set a different port number, replace 4200 with the port number you set.

You should now see the YoutubeDL-Material interface and be able to download YouTube videos.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install YoutubeDL-Material on NetBSD. Now you can easily download your favorite YouTube videos with a user-friendly interface.

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