It is important that these are both installed from the same appstore, whether that is F-Droid or Google play. You will need the following:
- Termux
- Termux:API
- Open Termux
- Type in
pkg upgrade(You may have to typeyand hit enter for this)
- Install Termux:API with
pkg install termux-api - Set up file access with
termux-setup-storage
Install Python, NodeJS and nmp, and ffmpeg
- Type
pkg install python nodejs ffmpeg
Install and Configure youtube-dl
- First make sure pip is up to date with
pip install -U pip - Type
pip install youtube-dl - Check if the directories we need already exist with
ls -al. We need one called.config(The dot is important!) andbin.- If
bindoesn't exist, type inmkdir bin. - If
.configdoesn't exist, type inmkdir -p .config/youtube-dl. Remeber the dot!
- If
- To edit the config file,
nano .config/youtube-dl/config- If it's already got stuff in, just
CTRL + Xto exit nano and then typerm .config/youtube-dl/config. Then run the nano command again. - If this throws an error because the folder doesn't exist, type
mkdir .config/youtube-dland try the previous command again. - If there's stuff in the file already, just delete it.
- If it's already got stuff in, just
- In a note app or similar, open the config I have provided. Copy the contents and paste it into the termux window.
- Once you have added the content to the file, press
CTRL + Xand pressyto save. - Now edit the termux-url-opener with
nano bin/termux-url-opener.- As before, if there is stuff here already just delete it by exiting out, then typing
rm bin/termux-url-openerand running the nano command again.
- As before, if there is stuff here already just delete it by exiting out, then typing
- Open the termux-url-opener that I provided in another app. Copy the entire contents and paste into the termux window as before.
- Again, press
CTRL + Xand pressyto save.
Install spotify-dl
- Type
npm install -g spotify-dl
Install and Configure instaloader
- Type
pip install instaloader - To create the configuration file for instaloader, from the home directory type
nano bin/instaloader_args.txt - As with the youtube-dl config, copy the contents of the
instaloader_args.txtfile from this repo and paste them into Termux. - If you don't plan on saving posts from private accounts, you're done here. Just press
CTRL + Xto exit and thenyto save. However if you would like to save posts from private accounts, follow the next steps. - Create a new line at the top of the file and type in
--login=and then your instagram username. Beware of downloading enormous amounts of posts if logged in, though. It is likely to get your account suspended if it is deemed "supicious".- If you encounter login errors, please follow the Login Error section of the Instaloader Troubleshooting Guide
- If you do not want to login interactively, you can add a new line with
--password=, but that doesn't mean you should as this is horrible security practice. - Finally, of course, you can save and exit with
CTRL + X, and theny.
- From any app that supports sharing, simply click share, and click on Termux in the app list. A popup should appear showing the download
progress. Once it is finished, just make sure it hasn't screamed any errors at you and press any key to close the window.
- For Spotify, however, the process is slightly more convoluted. Spotify puts a load of junk in front of the actual URL, which causes Termux to not recognise it. The easiest way I have found to get round this is to copy it into a text editor, select only the link, and then press share again to get only the link to be shared to Termux. Since that is pretty tedious for a song-by-song basis, I'd recommend only using the spotify downloader for albums and public playlists.
- Another note about the spotify-dl program is it depends on depreciated packages. A.k.a it is jank as hell, if it throws an error just share the exact same link to it again and it should sort itself out. It doesn't seem to handle unstable internet connections well.
- Since we set a default template with our
.config/youtube-dl/config, you can also just copy any link from a browser etc. and type into Termuxyoutube-dl [URL], and it should try and download the video. You can also override template options by specifying them in the command, such as overriding the format options with-f "bestvideo[height<=1080][fps<=60]+bestaudio/best"to download in the highest quality up to 1080p 60fps. Just be warned that some website extractors handle template arguments such as%(title)svery strangeley, which is why I have custom written output templates for the most common websites I use. If your youtube-dl keeps telling you that you have already downloaded a video, it may be that the title it is extracting may be something random like a username which causes every video by that user to try and write to the same file. That is why I try and include the%(id)sargument in the default case to avoid this. - If you start getting errors from youtube-dl about the extractor being broken... blah blah blah, the website probably updated it's API. Go to the next section about updating youtube-dl.
- No matter which program you are having problems with, it is wise to do this first. Simply type
pkg upgradeand theny.
- You can check if any pip packages need updating by typing
pip list -o. You can then update each of these packages withpip install -U [PACKAGE].- If pip is on the list, you should first do
pip install -U pip - In the case of youtube-dl, this would be
pip install -U youtube-dl. - In the case this is instaloader, type
pip install -U instaloader
- If pip is on the list, you should first do
- To update packages installed with npm, simply run
npm update -g