youtube-dl cant run

[szunyi]

hello

when i want to run the youtube-dl i got this error msg:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "./youtube-dl/main.py", line 15, in
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/init.py", line 48, in
File "./youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 21, in
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 93, in
import hashlib
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 136, in
globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 71, in __get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5

[TOMBSTONEV2]

This sounds like you don't have libssl-dev

Try sudo apt-get install libssl-dev then try to run. If that doesn't work remove python then re-install it after libssl-dev is installed.

[phihag]

Thank you for the report! Which platform are you seeing this problem on, i.e. can you provide steps to reproduce it? Can you import urllib2 in your locally installed Python?

[szunyi]

phihag:
CentOS release 5.9
Python 2.7 (r27:82500, Jul 14 2013, 11:18:46)
"Can you import urllib2 in your locally installed Python" -> i dont know how i can that :\

TOMBSTONEV2:
yes, reinstalled the "openssl-devel" (CentOS 5), but the error is still same :(
i dont want to remove python, because yum want to remove ~160 package :)

here is my installed python modules:
http://pastebin.com/vg21kCrG

[phihag]

@szunyi Thanks, that narrows it down, but a crucial piece of information is missing - how did you install Python? You're not using the system Python. To import urrlib2, start python and type

import urllib2

[szunyi]

Thanks for helping :)

"How did you install Python?" - As i remember, "yum install python" and "yum update"
"Start python and type...":

import urllib2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 93, in
import hashlib
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 136, in
globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 71, in __get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5

As i see i got multiple version installed of python:
[root@*** ~]# python
python python2.4 python3.3
python-config python2.7 python3.3m
python2 python2.7-config python3.3m-config

[phihag]

yum install python would install Python to /usr, but your libraries are installed to /usr/local. If you rename /usr/local/lib/python2.7 to, say, /usr/local/lib/python2.7__local, do you get the same error?

[szunyi]

I renamed the "/usr/local/lib/python2.7" to "/usr/local/lib/python2.7__local"

i got the following err msg:
[root@*** lib]# youtube-dl -U
Could not find platform independent libraries
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to [:<exec_prefix>]
ImportError: No module named site

[phihag]

That clarifies what's happening (you should move back the library now). You or someone else with admin rights has installed a customized version (probably self-compiled) of Python 2.7 on this machine, and set that up to be the default. However, during the time of compilation, libssl-dev was missing, and therefore the generated Python in non-functional.

What you can try is any of:

a) Use python3.3, like this:

python3.3 $(which youtube-dl)

To make this permanent, you can execute these commands, which set up a shell script that launches youtube-dl with python3.3:

YDL=$(which youtube-dl)
mv $YDL ${YDL}.pythonexe
/bin/echo -e '#!/bin/sh\nexec python3.3 '"${YDL}.pythonexe"' "$@"\n' > $YDL
chmod a+x $YDL

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b) Fix your installation of Python 2.7

Recompiling it may be enough, so just run

./configure
make
make install

from the directory where Python2.7 has been compiled.

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c) Set another Python version to be the default. This has likely effects on other applications as well and may therefore not be a good idea - contact your system administrator. Modify the symlink /usr/bin/python or /usr/local/bin/python to the Python of your choice.

[ocisly]

@phihag resolved?

[phihag]

Closing, one of these solutions should work. If it doesn't, please either comment or open a new issue. Thanks!