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📺 Install yt-dlp on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites

← yt-dlp overview & all releases
📦 Currently serving: yt-dlp 2026.07.04-1~jammy for jammy (updated 2026-08-17) — architectures: amd64, arm64, armhf, riscv64. This page is regenerated automatically from the repository metadata, so the version above is exactly what apt install yt-dlp gives you today.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish” is a long-term support release with standard support into 2027. yt-dlp is not shipped at its latest version by the official Ubuntu archives, so this repository builds current upstream releases as native .deb packages targeted specifically at jammy, with dependencies matching what Ubuntu 22.04 LTS actually ships.

And then it keeps doing it. Every new upstream release is packaged and published here within hours, so yt-dlp updates arrive the same way your system updates do — through apt upgrade, unattended-upgrades, or whatever already runs on your machine. No release page to watch, no version to compare, no dpkg -i to remember.

🚀 Install yt-dlp on jammy

Step 1: Add the deb.griffo.io repository

Run the commands
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 jammy 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 jammy main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list > /dev/null
apt update

The sources line above pins the jammy suite explicitly, so it keeps working in containers and images where lsb_release is unavailable.

Step 2: Install yt-dlp

sudo apt install -y yt-dlp
apt install -y yt-dlp

🔄 Updating

Updates arrive through normal system maintenance — new upstream releases are usually packaged within hours:

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

🗑️ Uninstalling

sudo apt remove yt-dlp
# optionally remove the repository as well:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg
apt remove yt-dlp
# optionally remove the repository as well:
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb.griffo.io.list /etc/apt/keyrings/deb.griffo.io.gpg

📋 yt-dlp versions across Debian & Ubuntu releases

The same repository serves every supported release — this table is generated from the live repository metadata:

ReleaseSuiteyt-dlp version
Debian 12 “Bookworm”bookworm2026.07.04-1~bookworm
Debian 13 “Trixie”trixie2026.07.04-1~trixie
Debian 14 “Forky”forky2026.07.04-1~forky
Debian Sidsid2026.07.04-1~sid
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS “Jammy Jellyfish”jammy (this page)2026.07.04-1~jammy
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat”noble2026.07.04-1~noble
Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”questing2026.07.04-1~questing
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute”resolute2026.07.04-1~resolute

❓ Frequently asked questions

Is this an official yt-dlp package?

No — deb.griffo.io is 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.

Why not install yt-dlp from the official Ubuntu archive?

Ubuntu's archive freezes package versions when a release ships and afterwards receives mostly security and stability fixes, so fast-moving tools are either absent or several releases behind. This repository tracks upstream releases instead, with builds targeted at each Ubuntu release.

How quickly do new yt-dlp releases arrive?

The repository polls upstream releases and publishes new builds automatically, typically within hours of an upstream release. Subscribe to the release feed to follow updates.

Which architectures are supported on jammy?

yt-dlp is currently built for: amd64, arm64, armhf, riscv64.

🔗 Related

💡 All releases: need yt-dlp on a different Debian or Ubuntu version? The table above links to a dedicated guide for every supported release, or start from the yt-dlp overview.