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[Installation] Recommend ~/.local/bin (#10)
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Expand Up @@ -13,26 +13,26 @@ You can simply download the [correct binary file](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-d
[![MacOS](https://img.shields.io/badge/-MacOS-lightblue.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple)](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos)
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In UNIX-like OSes (MacOS, Linux, BSD), you can also install the same in one of the following ways:
In UNIX-like OSes (MacOS, Linux, BSD), you can also install the application into a location in your `$PATH`, such as `~/.local/bin`, in one of the following ways:

```bash
sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp # Make executable
curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
chmod a+rx ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp # Make executable
```

```bash
sudo wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp # Make executable
wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp
chmod a+rx ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp # Make executable
```

```bash
sudo aria2c https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp --dir /usr/local/bin -o yt-dlp
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp # Make executable
aria2c https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp --dir ~/.local/bin -o yt-dlp
chmod a+rx ~/.local/bin/yt-dlp # Make executable
```

To update, run:
```bash
sudo yt-dlp -U
yt-dlp -U
```

To use shell completion (autocomplete), look for the completion files in the [source tarball](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp.tar.gz). It comes with bash, fish & zsh support.
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