YoutubeDL-Material is an open-source and self-hosted material design web interface for youtube-dl. It allows you to download videos and audio from many websites, and it also provides extra features like subtitle downloader, thumbnail downloader, and playlist downloader. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install YoutubeDL-Material on POP! OS Latest.
First, we need to install some dependencies on our system. Open the terminal and execute the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git python3-pip ffmpeg
YoutubeDL-Material requires Node.js to run the web interface. We need to install it on our system. Execute the following command:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs
Now that we have installed the required dependencies, we need to clone the YoutubeDL-Material repository from GitHub. Execute the following command:
git clone https://github.com/Tzahi12345/YoutubeDL-Material.git
Once the repository is downloaded, navigate inside the directory using the following command:
cd YoutubeDL-Material
Now, we need to configure YoutubeDL-Material before we can run it. Execute the following command:
sudo python3 setup.py
This command will ask you to enter some details like the default download directory, the server IP address, and the Server Port.
After entering the details, a configuration file named "config.json" will be created in the same directory.
Now, we are ready to run YoutubeDL-Material. Execute the following command:
sudo node app.js
YoutubeDL-Material will start on port 3000. You can now access it by typing "http://localhost:3000" in your web browser.
We have shown you how to install YoutubeDL-Material on POP! OS Latest in this tutorial. Once installed, you can easily download videos and audio from various websites using its user-friendly interface.
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