All I wanted is to install the current yt-dlp (2024.07.16-1) on debian 12.6.

Suggested way to that according to https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/yt-dlp/download is to add that line to that file (etc/apt/sources.list), but do I really need to download the 1600 files that upgrade would entail?

I don’t want to download the tar.gz 'cause upgrading that would be a pain.

  • rand_alpha19
    7•4 months ago

    Do not do this. You’ll create a Frankendebian and your updates could (and probably will) break your system. Try to use a PPA instead, since Ubuntu is Debian-based.