[Tutor] Installing Python 2 with Python 3 already installed
Cameron Simpson
cs at cskk.id.au
Wed Aug 18 19:27:59 EDT 2021
On 18Aug2021 20:39, Julius Hamilton <julkhami at gmail.com> wrote:
>I would like to run the tool YouTube-DL (in Ubuntu 20.04). After
>installing, when I try to run it, it says "python: no such file or
>directory".
>
>I have python3 installed and working. I assume the tool is written with
>Python 2.
Nay. It is Python 3. (Maybe it works in Python 2 also, but I use it with
Python 3.)
I recommend installing it on a personal basis, using pip:
pip3 install --user youtube-dl
That installs as you and does not need playing guessing games with the
system python packages.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>
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