youtube-dl 2015.01.11 release, install on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Deepin and Debian derivative system

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youtube-dl 2015.01.11 release, install on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Deepin and Debian derivative system

youtube-dl is an open source command-line utility that will help Linux users to effortlessly download video streams from well known video hosting websites, via a Linux terminal emulator app.

Among some of the popular video hosting websites supported by this CLI application we can mention YouTube, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Instagram, Vine, Vimeo, Tumblr, Trilulilu, Syfy, Slashdot, RottenTomatoes, NBC, NBA, NBCNews, MySpace, MTV, Metacritic, KickStarter, GameSpot, Flickr, Dropbox, Discovery, CollegeHumor, ComedyCentral, CNN, CBS, Bloomberg, and 9gag.

In addition to the above, the 4tube, AddAnime, AppleTrailers, ARD, Bandcamp, BlipTV, Brightcove, Chilloutzone, Cinemassacre, Clipsyndicate, DepositFiles, and FranceInter are also among the supported websites. Users will also be able to download videos from adult-only websites, including YouPorn, XTube, XNXX, Pornotube, XHamster, PornHub, PornHd, RedTube, and Mofosex.

How to install youtube-dl 2015.01.11 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Deepin and Debian derivative system :

to install youtube-dl 2015.01.11 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2015.01.11/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

How to use youtube-dl you can open terminal and follow this command :

youtube-dl --help