youtube-dl Termux

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youtube-dl on Android with Termux

  1. Install Termux from the Google Play Store or FDroid store.
  2. Open Termux.
  3. Run the command: pkg install python
  4. Run the command: pip install youtube-dl

You now have youtube-dl on Android!

You may want to enable Termux storage access to rest of Android system: termux-setup-storage

Example video download

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcdefg

Example audio download

You may need ffmpeg installed for this.

youtube-dl -x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcdefg

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