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There used to be a top answer with a simple command to update yt-dlp via pip, and I swore it was pip install --upgrade yt-dlp, but maybe it was python3 pip install --upgrade yt-dlp. I cannot test it locally so I have to ask: I am being told there is an error that -u does not exist when my command is typed out~.

We are on termbin via F-Droid.

This error was caused by a syntax error: -upgrade was used instead of --upgrade.

Wolfpack'08
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   yt-dlp -U

to update if you are using the release binaries

Greg Faith
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  • Your answer may get deleted. To avoid it, please edit and explain what the options mean. – Rohit Gupta Apr 02 '23 at 05:00
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  • This answer is non-working if you initially install yt-dlp via pip, which might be why it was deleted. Please use the correct test environments when testing. – Wolfpack'08 Apr 05 '23 at 10:37
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https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation#with-pip According to this, my command is correct. The error: "ERROR: [youtube] Unable to extract uploader id" is known. New version will be released soon.

Wolfpack'08
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It depends on how you installed it.

If you installed it via pip, use:

pip install --upgrade yt-dlp

otherwise use:

yt-dlp -U
eavsteen
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