Download Youtube Videos In Ubuntu Using Terminal

It's a nice trick to download your youtube videos using terminal. You don't need to buffer the full video. Follow these simple steps:

Open Terminal.
Write command "sudo apt-get install youtube-dl" with out quotes. It will install the youtube-dl package.
After installing, write command for downloading the video:

youtube-dl URL_OF_YOUTUBE_VIDEO

For e.g. youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_baNiVgUU
Video will get save in your home/user directory, like if your user name is hack, video will be save in home/hack directory.

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