title: Not able to install youtube-dl
body: <p>I have tried almost everything I could find on google but could not install <code>youtube-dl</code> on Debian Mint.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Try 1</strong></p>
  
  <p>Installed and updated with following commands:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo apt-get install youtube-dl 
  
  sudo youtube-dl -U
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But when tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYatpwrs8s
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I got</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Hi! We changed distribution method and now youtube-dl needs to update itself one more time.
        This will only happen once. Simply press enter to go on. Sorry for the trouble!
        From now on, get the binaries from <a href="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html</a>, not from the git repository.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Then I went to <code>http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html</code> and followed the installation instructions:<br/></p>
  
  <p><strong>Try 2</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo wget http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/2013.05.23/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
  sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Got the same error about the distribution change and new link.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Try 3</strong></p>
  
  <p>So I installed pip on my debian first and ran </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo pip install --upgrade youtube_dl
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I am still getting same error and I have no idea what to do about it.</p>