From 1807ae22dd93646ea4d7ba4bd28087bf1ef4857c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: WassimAttar Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 10:37:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] chmod error After installing youtube-dl with this method sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl sudo chmod a+xr /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl When i try to use it, i get this error python: can't open file '/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl': [Errno 13] Permission denied The correct chmod is a+xr --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3d9436456..a29cccb3f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type: sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl - sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + sudo chmod a+xr /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget: sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl - sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl + sudo chmod a+xr /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl Windows users can [download a .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in their home directory or any other location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29).