youtube-dl -U error

[arnabbht]

As root, I am getting the following error for youtube-dl -U

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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 4610, in _real_main
updateSelf(fd, sys.argv[0])
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl", line 4203, in updateSelf
urlh.close()
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'urlh' referenced before assignment

youtube-dl version 2012.02.27
python version 2.7.1
uname Linux Fedora 15 2.6.43.8-1.fc15.x86_64

[phihag]

Sorry, I cannot reproduce the error with the distribution youtube-dl 2012.02.27 9c22892 . I presume you're using Fedora's built-in version?

In any case, in the meantime, you can simply run

YOUTUBE_DL=$(which youtube-dl)
wget https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/blob/master/youtube-dl -O "$YOUTUBE_DL"
chmod a+x "$YOUTUBE_DL"

[arnabbht]

well, i had the one from yum install, and that gave problem.
the direct download from github is working fine.

[FiloSottile]

We reworked that piece of code, and this should not happen anymore!