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Checking in as I haven't heard back and I would really like to move up to 9.7 |
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Given that we are through the holidays (Christmas, New Year's, and Epiphany (Christmas for some denominations)) and more than a week after the last of the three, I though I would check in on this. Its been over a month and, as I mentioned earlier, I'd like to update to 9.7. The majority of times that I am unable to update are when something is out of sync with something else. I have searched online and cannot find a clue to what happened to cause the error given when I try to update. It looks like there are two "python3-websockets" floating around which are different versions. My skill set at pretending to be a sysAdmin is woefully insufficient to be able to sort what the right things to do is. Thanks in advance, Paul |
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Its been a bit over 2 months since I submitted this request for help. If you can't offer me help to figure out what the best way to deal with this is (as I am wary of breaking more things if I take the boiler-plate suggestion that is issued as an error message for "we have a problem"), can you at least offer me a reason why your can't offer a suggestion. If I am going to be stuck on the final release of 9.6 it would be nice to understand why. |
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Your problem is rooted in the yt-dlp package. yt-dlp is not a package from the Rocky Linux project. yt-dlp was previously in the EPEL 9 repository, but was replaced with youtube-dl. Remove the yt-dlp package. Install youtube-dl. |
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[first note apparently had a problem and got lost, so retyping -- if you get two versions of this, that's what happened] Brian: Many thanks for reply. As I can see the package with dnf info youtube-dl in 9.6, I presume all I need to do (in this order) is: 1) dnf remove yt-dlp 2) dnf install youtube-dl 3) dnf update Searching online, it looks like yt-dlp is a newer fork of youtube-dl and that a yt-dlp was only introduced in Fedora in f42. So is this switch to youtube-dl "stepping back to an older version" until a yt-dlp shows up in RHEL/EPEL mainline? Once again, really appreciate your stepping in to answer this Paul |
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I'm not sure what the logic is behind removing yt-dlp from EPEL 9. It's still in both EPEL 10 and EPEL 8, so it might be an oversight. I use yt-dlp myself, but I have it installed via pip (eg. pip3 install --upgrade --user "yt-dlp") because YouTube tries to break it fairly often and I wanted to update it without waiting for a package maintainer. I'll mention it in the EPEL Matrix chat and see what happens. |
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Brian: Interesting. I want to draw some conclusions from what you've told me and what I've read online, but I'm certain I would get it wrong. If you can, let me know what you find out. I am assuming that since you didn't correct my three steps, that are correct Thanks, Paul |
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Yes, either replace yt-dlp with youtube-dl using the steps you listed, or `dnf remove yt-dlp; pip3 install --upgrade --user "yt-dlp"` to install it from pip will work. Will update this issue after I find out why yt-dlp was removed in EPEL 9 |
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Brian: This is not a question for you but I need to find someone to explain how this "dnf remove yt-dlp; pip3 install --upgrade --user "yt-dlp"` works as this looks like two updating systems successfully working together. That is new to me. To be honest, I've never used pip3 as I assume that its best to work with what the default (but updated) opSys has for python3. Will hold off on doing anything until I see your update of the issue to make sure I am understanding everything. As mentioned in earlier notes, "My skill set at pretending to be a sysAdmin is woefully insufficient" ... so waiting for the most understanding I can get is imperative. Thanks, Paul |
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They're not really working together. ";" just separates shell commands: # this removes the yt-dlp system package sudo dnf remove yt-dlp # this installs yt-dlp as a pip package for your _user_ # it is not available for other users on your system # it does not clutter your system. it'll just be in your home folder somewhere (eg /home/youruser/.local/bin/yt-dlp) pip3 install --upgrade --user "yt-dlp" |
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Brian: You didn't have to do the work of explaining but I thank you for it and, most importantly, I understand from your explanation what is happening. I still have other question about all this but its late where I am so I should wait until morning. You've gone over and above in offering help on my problem and knowledge to a better understanding of "bigger things". I owe you a beer, as they say Paul |
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