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How did you install it?

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I installed it using setup.py install.

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If you are manually using setup.py, you need to first create the necessary files using either make all or make youtube-dlc man

You should have gotten warnings like: Skipping file README.txt since it is not present. Type make to build all automatically generated files.

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If you are manually using setup.py, you need to first create the necessary files using either make all or make youtube-dlc man

I am not using it manually, I build it in the FreeBSD ports framework. It is in virtually all cases building python ports without the need for any manual steps like this.

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The same "issue" should exist for youtube-dl, no?

The manpages are related files are automatically built for this project and not committed into the repo. That's why it is necessary to run make.

Let me see if youtube-dl behaves differently. If it does, I will look into fixing it

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Maybe this is common for YouTube downloaders, but other packages manage to do all of this just from setup.py.

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