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youtube-dl /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory

rated 0 times [ 14] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 22056 / 2 Years ago, sat, november 19, 2022, 8:49:48

In Ubuntu 20.04, we get the following error:

❯ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description:    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Release:        20.04

Codename:       focal



❯ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4mihzeFqGA

/usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory

How can I fix it?

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answered 2 Years ago ipentainer · Accepted Answer

In Ubuntu 20.04, python3 is the installed default. The python variable is not set:

❯ which python

python not found

We can get around this by using python3 and which:

❯ python3 $(which youtube-dl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IE-CXNs6Sw

[youtube] 0IE-CXNs6Sw: Downloading webpage