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I tried to install 'youtube_dl' using

pip install youtube_dl

And I got an Error:

DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st,
2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained
after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. 

ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/youtube_dl-2020.1.24.dist-info'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.

I don't understand this because I do have the newest version of Python installed.

Thank you

Wilhelm Franz Berghammer
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  • The first part is just a warning. The second part shows you do not have sufficient admin rights to perform the installation. – BernardL Jan 25 '20 at 15:29
  • Clearly you're just using the wrong version of Python, right? Are you not using any virtual environments? – AMC Jan 25 '20 at 22:02

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Python deprecation message is just a warning, so like these posts says: this and this, you need to user --user flag, so try with this:

pip install youtube_dl --user

Remember to active first you virtualenv

Manuel Carrero
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