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Useful Scripts

YT-DLP Install script

create the below scripts to be ran as the root user. Both are required to get yt-dlp working. This installs yt-dlp. create it at /root/install_yt-dlp.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 cd /opt/
 git clone https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.git
 dnf install python3.11 python3.11-pip pandoc -y
 /root/update_yt-dlp.sh $1

This updates yt-dlp. create it at /root/update_yt-dlp.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 cd /opt/yt-dlp
 git checkout Makefile supportedsites.md
 make clean
 git fetch
 git checkout $1
 cat Makefile | sed "s/python3$/python3.11/g" > Makefile.new
 mv Makefile.new Makefile
 make
 if ! -e /usr/local/sbin/deno && -e /home/eprints/.deno/bin/deno ; then
     cd  /usr/local/sbin/
     ln -s /home/eprints/.deno/bin/deno
 fi

External javascript libraries install script

YT-DLP now requires some external javascript libraries to run. These must be ran as the EPrints user.

This installs the yt-dlp external javascript libraries. create it at /home/eprints/install_yt-dlp-ejs.sh:

 #!/bin/bash
 curl -fsSL https://deno.land/install.sh | sh
 mkdir ~/yt-dlp-ejs
 cd ~/yt-dlp-ejs
 git clone https://github.com/yt-dlp/ejs.git .
 git checkout $1
 source ~/.bashrc
 deno install --frozen
 deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net src/yt/solver/test/download.ts

This updates the yt-dlp external javascript libraries. create it at /home/eprints/update_yt-dlp-ejs.sh:

 #!/bin/bash
 cd ~/yt-dlp-ejs
 git fetch
 git checkout $1
 source ~/.bashrc
 deno install --frozen
 deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net src/yt/solver/test/download.ts

As the eprints user, run /home/eprints/install_yt-dlp-ejs.sh as the eprints with the parameter "0.8.0", this may increment in the future. As root, run /root/install_yt-dlp.sh with the parameter "2026.03.17"