Merge 0b7e97780224d56a4e3a123c2b65c8f3833273e5 into da7223d4aa42ff9fc680b0951d043dd03cec2d30

Fix installation instructions: prevent symlink referent from being overwritten
This change prevents system damage when a multi-call binary is installed such as "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl -> /usr/local/bin/firejail". This fixes issue #30427.
2025-05-31 01:52:40 +09:00 · 2025-03-22 07:19:32 +08:00 · 2021-12-26 09:44:13 +08:00
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--- a/README.md
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@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms

 To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, macOS, etc.), type:

-    sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /tmp/youtube-dl && sudo mv /tmp/youtube-dl /usr/local/bin/
    sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

 If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:

-    sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /tmp/youtube-dl && sudo mv /tmp/youtube-dl /usr/local/bin/
    sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

 Windows users can [download an .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in any location on their [PATH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29) except for `%SYSTEMROOT%\System32` (e.g. **do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`).
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Dan Zwell	560a53d816	Merge 0b7e97780224d56a4e3a123c2b65c8f3833273e5 into da7223d4aa42ff9fc680b0951d043dd03cec2d30	2025-03-22 07:19:32 +08:00
Dan Zwell	0b7e977802	Fix installation instructions: prevent symlink referent from being overwritten This change prevents system damage when a multi-call binary is installed such as "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl -> /usr/local/bin/firejail". This fixes issue #30427.	2021-12-26 09:44:13 +08:00