Can't seem to use "youtube-dl"

[jacatone]

This feature doesn't seem to work. Tried installing some other software but still doesn't work. This is what I get

admin1@Latitude-E6430s:~$ sudo youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzDaVx45G_Q
[sudo] password for admin1:
/usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory

[claydoh]

Do NOT use sudo to run non-system admin applications!!

Aside from the security implication, doing so can and WILL mess up ownership and permissions, and not just root ownership of the downloaded file.

We will need more info, such as where you got this program from, or how you installed it, as there are various methods to do so.

But assuming following the official instructions from the youtube-dl website, they continue to leave out useful steps for individual distros.

In Debian, Ubuntu and all the distros that are based on it, you need to install the package python-is-python3.
This is because many distros are able to use multiple Python versions, so in many distros the actual python program is called python3.
This package just makes a link to python3 called python to deal with this for those few times it is needed.

After that, the program will run, but it probably won't work - it has been broken by YouTube for a bit now, iirc.

yt-dlp *may* be a working alternative, it is more recent.

Yup, it is broken. However, yt-dlp does work, and has handy things like handy instructions and things like PPAs so you don't need to manually install and update the thing if you don't want to, and takes care of any dependencies.

[Snowhog]

Yup, it is broken. yt-dlp does work

Does in NOT work, or DOES it work?

[claydoh]

Does in NOT work, or DOES it work?

youtube-dl is broken.
yt-dlp works.