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yt-dlp as a replacement of youtube-dl

Context

I wanted to download a very old (1987) OST from an Amstrad CPC game, so I instinctively typed

doas pkg install youtube-dl

but to my surprise, could not find it in FreeBSD's packages or ports.

The solution

Youtube-dl has been blocked many times, so an alternative solution, called yt-dlp (which is a fork of youtube-dl) is now the de-facto product for that.

And indeed, it exists in the FreeBSD packages, so a

doas pkg install yt-dlp

did the trick, and allowed me to download the aforementioned OST.

Tags: IT, FreeBSD