How to install a software on my linux box when I don't have root access (sudo)?

You can install youtube-dl through linuxbrew

Install linuxbrew:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linuxbrew/install/master/install)"
PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"

Add the line export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH" to your ~/.bashrc:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"' >>~/.bashrc

Install youtube-dl:

brew install youtube-dl
youtube-dl -U

Just interpolate from the documentation.

With curl:

mkdir ~/bin
curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o ~/bin/youtube-dl
chmod 0750 ~/bin/youtube-dl

Or with wget:

mkdir ~/bin
wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O ~/bin/youtube-dl
chmod 0750 ~/bin/youtube-dl

Note its requirements.

It requires the Python interpreter (2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+).

If this a work server, know in advance whether you are permitted to install and stream.

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