
Install yt-dlp to /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
1. Connect to your VPS
ssh user@your-server-ip
2. Install required dependencies
Make sure curl is installed.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl -y
3. Download yt-dlp to /usr/local/bin
sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp \
-o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
4. Make it executable
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
5. Verify installation
yt-dlp --version
or
/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp --version
Example output:
2026.02.25
Test Download
yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Optional (Recommended) Install ffmpeg
sudo apt install ffmpeg -y
Verify:
ffmpeg -version
Update yt-dlp later
sudo yt-dlp -U
Check installation path
which yt-dlp
Expected output:
/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp