📺 apt install yt-dlp

📦 Add the repository, then apt install yt-dlp

sudo install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update

install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg] https://deb.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

sudo apt install -y yt-dlp

apt install -y yt-dlp

🔄 How to apt install the latest yt-dlp

Once the repository is added there is no separate "install latest" command — apt already resolves to the newest version this repository serves, and that is rebuilt within hours of every upstream yt-dlp release. To move an existing install up to the latest version:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade yt-dlp

apt update && apt install --only-upgrade yt-dlp

Or upgrade everything on the machine at once with sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade. To see which version you would get before installing, run apt policy yt-dlp.

📋 yt-dlp versions available right now

Debian

Ubuntu

❓ Common questions

Does apt-get install yt-dlp work too?

Yes. apt and apt-get read the same sources, so sudo apt-get install yt-dlp is equivalent. apt is the friendlier front-end; apt-get is the stable one to prefer inside scripts.

Why doesn't apt install yt-dlp work out of the box?

It does work, but not with the version most people want: Debian ships 2025.04.30, Ubuntu ships 2026.03.17, because Debian and Ubuntu freeze package versions when a release ships and afterwards take mostly security fixes. This repository tracks upstream yt-dlp releases instead, rebuilding within hours of each one.

Which Debian and Ubuntu releases are supported?

Every currently supported release listed in the table above. The $(lsb_release -sc) in the setup command picks the right suite for the machine you run it on, so the same three lines work everywhere.

Is this repository trustworthy?

It's an unofficial repository maintained by Dario Griffo. Packages are built automatically from official upstream yt-dlp releases, the packaging is open source at dariogriffo/yt-dlp-debian, and the whole archive is GPG-signed. Several upstream projects link to it from their official installation docs.

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