youtube-dl and Codeblocks IDE

[zegarnek]

I have encountered weird problems with youtube-dl and CodeBlocks being installed at the same time.

Kubuntu 12.04 LTS, 32 bit, KDE 4.12.3
youtube-dl working with no problems over months until:

after the install of codeblocks from .deb packages (Release 113.12 rev 9501 (2013-12-25 18:25:45 gcc 4.6.3 Linux/unicode - 32 bit) codeblocks works well but:

but trying to run "youtube-dl" I get:

$:_youtube-dl -f 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyPrYygsum8
[youtube] Setting language
[youtube] oyPrYygsum8: Downloading video webpage
[youtube] oyPrYygsum8: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] oyPrYygsum8: Extracting video information
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 4645, in
main()
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 4636, in main
_real_main()
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 4620, in _real_main
retcode = fd.download(all_urls)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 869, in download
ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 1135, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 1406, in _real_extract
url_map = dict((ud['itag'][0], ud['url'][0] + '&signature=' + ud['sig'][0]) for ud in url_data)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 1406, in
url_map = dict((ud['itag'][0], ud['url'][0] + '&signature=' + ud['sig'][0]) for ud in url_data)
KeyError: 'sig'

So now youtube-dl is not runnig any more.

I tried to (re)install youtube-dl again and:

$:_sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
[sudo] password for xxxxx:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
youtube-dl is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
codeblocks-contrib-dbg : Depends: codeblocks-contrib (= 13.12-0ubuntu1precise) but it is not going to be installed
codeblocks-wxcontrib-dev : Depends: codeblocks-libwxcontrib0 (= 13.12-0ubuntu1precise) but 12.11-1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

I tried to run the apt-get -f install and:

$:_sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
codeblocks-contrib-dbg codeblocks-wxcontrib-dev codeblocks-wxcontrib-headers
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 3 to remove and 19 not to upgrade.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 121 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
Saying 'Yes' to the aboves removes vital parts of CodeBlocks!
Can you tell me what is in common with these two pieces of seemingly different software and why I am not able to use them both at different times?

Thank you
Zenon

[phihag]

The two problems are unrelated. It looks like a CodeBlocks installation was aborted in between. Your problem is far simpler; the version of youtube-dl is too old. Unless you want to update to a newer distribution or use a ppa of some kind, the easiest way to get a current youtube-dl is probably to remove the package-installed version and use our manual installation method:

sudo apt-get remove -y youtube-dl
sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
hash -r   # Clear bash shell location cache

If the problem persists after that, please post the output you get when running

which youtube-dl
youtube-dl -v -f 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyPrYygsum8

and we will reopen this issue.

[zegarnek]

Thank you for your quick replay phihang.

I am not able to run:
$:_sudo apt-get remove -y youtube-dl
[sudo] password for xxxxx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
codeblocks-contrib-dbg : Depends: codeblocks-contrib (= 13.12-0ubuntu1precise) but it is not going to be installed
codeblocks-wxcontrib-dev : Depends: codeblocks-libwxcontrib0 (= 13.12-0ubuntu1precise) but 12.11-1 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

So I am stuck. apt-get -f install will remove my codeblocks (it did happen before and made quite a mess).
Just before your response I tried to install, through Software Centre, FatRat or Slimrat and I got the same "Remove" the above three packages warning.

The other suggested commands:
$:_youtube-dl -v -f https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyPrYygsum8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Usage: youtube-dl [options] url [url...]

youtube-dl: error: you must provide at least one URL

$:_which youtube-dl
/usr/bin/youtube-dl

I am not an advanced Linux user. Thanks.

[zegarnek]

UPDATE!

Things are really weird. Any attempt to install any software gives me this warning. So it seems that a problem with the apt rather then youtube-dl. I will try to get it working. Thanks

[phihag]

I'd suggest you first uninstall codeblocks via sudo apt-get -f install and then sort out that. In a pinch, instead of using apt-get, you can also remove youtube-dl with sudo rm /usr/bin/youtube-dl.