python3-pip dependency is excessive in ppa

Question

python3-pip dependency is excessive in ppa

nobody43 opened this issue 3 years ago · comments

youtube-dl could be acquired by other means and not everyone wants a whole toolchain (216 Mb) on their system.

nobody43 · Answer 1 · Sat Jul 24 2021 22:11:41 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

python, however, is necessary.

$ youtube-dl --version
/usr/bin/env: python: No such file or directory

# apt install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'python-is-python2' instead of 'python'

$ youtube-dl --version
2021.06.06

JaGoLi · Answer 2 · Tue Aug 31 2021 05:57:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I have instead decided to make the package conflict with the ubuntu repo's version of youtube-dl and maintain python3-pip as a dependency. As well, there is now a postinstall script installing youtube-dl via pip-3 automatically. I think this is the best way for most users as it makes sure that they will be using an up-to-date and working version of youtube-dl when they install the program.