Re: yt-dlp updating working on one debian, but not another

John Osmon <[email protected]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:03:31 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.nmglug
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 12:26:33PM -0500, LeRoy Diener wrote:
[...]
> On another computer, leno, also with Debian 11, I get an error trying
> to update yt-dlp, as below
> ll@leno:~$ sudo yt-dlp -U
> [sudo] password for ll: 
> Available version: [email protected], Current version:
> [email protected]
> ERROR: As yt-dlp has been installed via apt, you should use that to
> update. If you're on a stable release, also check backports.

I don't know anything about yt-dlp

But it looks like the second machine used 'apt' to install the package,
while the first one was installed by another means?