Symlink from youtube-dl to yt-dlp not working

[hayschan]

Info

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Podsync Version: 2.5.0 ( Podsync_2.5.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz )

What I want to do

Podsync stops working two months ago due to issues of youtube-dl.

Error log:

youtube-dl error: /tmp/podsync-3134413176/dd6jm2b7LqY.%(ext)s  "failed to execute youtube-dl: exit status 1"
Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract uploader id; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update  on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. 

There is suggestion of using yt-dlp instead of youtube-dl #318. Therefore, I tried using symbolic link between yt-dlp and youtube-dl.

Steps I have done

1. I uninstalled youtube-dl from the machine.
2. I installed yt-dlp using sudo apt update and then sudo apt get yt-dlp.
3. Did symbolic link. ln -s /usr/bin/yt-dlp /usr/bin/youtube-dl
4. Encounter the following error:

[36mINFO[0m[2023-05-03T09:28:22Z] running podsync                               [36mcommit[0m=6c5f602fe19f2c5c076a54afda8a2cd725a7340b [36mdate[0m="2022-11-23T02:04:00Z" [36mversion[0m=2.5.0
[31mFATA[0m[2023-05-03T09:28:22Z] youtube-dl error                              [31merror[0m="youtube-dl binary not found: exec: \"youtube-dl\": executable file not found in $PATH"
[36mINFO[0m[2023-05-03T09:33:06Z] running podsync                               [36mcommit[0m=6c5f602fe19f2c5c076a54afda8a2cd725a7340b [36mdate[0m="2022-11-23T02:04:00Z" [36mversion[0m=2.5.0
[37mDEBU[0m[2023-05-03T09:33:06Z] found youtube-dl binary at "/usr/bin/youtube-dl" 
[37mDEBU[0m[2023-05-03T09:33:06Z] download timeout: 15 min(s)                  
[31mFATA[0m[2023-05-03T09:33:06Z] youtube-dl error                              [31merror[0m="could not find youtube-dl: failed to execute youtube-dl: exit status 1"

[pagdot]

can you try if you can execute yourube-dl from the commandline? If not, your youtube-dl/yt-dlp installation has some issues

[mxpv]

Can you try fresh release - 2.6.1, it should include latest youtube-dl

[tamoyal]

I also had problems with youtube-dl and symlinking to yt-dlp worked fine for me. I would suggest posting the output of you running the symlinked yt-dlp by actually running the command $ youtube-dl from your CLI. Maybe it's a permissions issue