[nmglug] yt-dlp updating working on one debian, but not another

[Akkana Peck]

I'd do what the message says, and use apt to update it.

You should already be running sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade (or full-upgrade), which will pull in new versions of yt-dlp, but if you want to do just that package, you can
sudo apt install yt-dlp

Or if the apt package isn't new enough, you can
sudo apt remove yt-dlp
and then install the other version.

        ...Akkana

LeRoy Diener writes:
> Hi NMGLUG folks,
> 
> Here's an interesting error that I'm trying to resolve.
> 
> On one computer, len4, with Debian 11, I updated yt-dlp successfully,
> as shown here
> ll at len4:~$ sudo yt-dlp -U
> [sudo] password for ll:
> Available version: stable at 2023.07.06, Current
> version: stable at 2023.03.04
> Current Build Hash: 
> 91cad9f121c1f6f0a81b747415c46ecba0ff331ed38cc6433040b4ac7b6e15ca
> Updating to stable at 2023.07.06 ...
> Updated yt-dlp to stable at 2023.07.06
> ll at len4:~$
> 
> On another computer, leno, also with Debian 11, I get an error trying
> to update yt-dlp, as below
> ll at leno:~$ sudo yt-dlp -U
> [sudo] password for ll: 
> Available version: stable at 2023.07.06, Current version:
> stable at 2023.03.04
> ERROR: As yt-dlp has been installed via apt, you should use that to
> update. If you're on a stable release, also check backports.
> ll at leno:~$ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Debian
> Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
> Release: 11
> Codename: bullseye
> ll at leno:~$ 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> LeRoy
> 
> 
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