Trouble with uninstalling the previous version of youtube-dl.

[sathya-p]

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I have a problem with uninstalling the previous version of youtube-dl. A very similar issue was reported here: #18732

But, I don't see any answer to this question.

I currently have Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS installed (and not mint like in the earlier question). I have Linux Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic (got this from uname -a output).

When I try to download a video, I am getting the following error:

$ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzC3TJ0jYH8
[youtube] hzC3TJ0jYH8: Downloading webpage
[youtube] hzC3TJ0jYH8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] hzC3TJ0jYH8: Downloading js player vflX2rhq7
ERROR: Signature extraction failed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1225, in _decrypt_signature
video_id, player_url, s
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1133, in _extract_signature_function
res = self._parse_sig_js(code)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py", line 1200, in _parse_sig_js
initial_function = jsi.extract_function(funcname)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py", line 245, in extract_function
raise ExtractorError('Could not find JS function %r' % funcname)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Could not find JS function 'encodeURIComponent'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
(caused by ExtractorError("Could not find JS function 'encodeURIComponent'; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.",)); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

On searching for error, I realized that probably the version of youtube-dl that I am running is not updated. The version that I have installed is: 2018.12.03

$ youtube-dl --version
2018.12.03

From this link, I have realized that I am not using the latest version: #18891. I see that the latest version is: 2019.01.16

So, I tired to update using the instructions, I see here: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md#how-do-i-update-youtube-dl

I try to update using the inbuilt command, when I get the following message:

$ youtube-dl --update
It looks like you installed youtube-dl with a package manager, pip, setup.py or a tarball. Please use that to update.

Next, I try to uninstall using apt-get as follows:

$ sudo apt-get remove youtube-dl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'youtube-dl' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 21 not upgraded.

So, aptitude does not have track of youtube-dl. In this case, I think I have to manually uninstall it. Can anyone suggest how I can do this?

Thanks a lot in advance for your suggestions.

Sathya

[dstftw]

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#installation, pip instructions.