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Unable to update #2629

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btmdave opened this issue Mar 25, 2014 · 1 comment
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Unable to update #2629

btmdave opened this issue Mar 25, 2014 · 1 comment

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@btmdave
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@btmdave btmdave commented Mar 25, 2014

I have youtube-dl version 2013.11.22.2 and I'm trying to run youtube-dl --update but I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 774, in main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 717, in _real_main
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/update.py", line 89, in update_self
NameError: global name 'version_str' is not defined
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@jaimeMF jaimeMF commented Mar 25, 2014

We're sorry, this was a bug introduced in the update code, you'll have to remove youtube-dl and install it manually. If you have any problem in the process, feel free to ask.

@jaimeMF jaimeMF closed this Mar 25, 2014
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