I download it directly from here: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/releases There is a sig file there too to check the validity of the download. Remote file: youtube-dl Remote path: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/releases/download/2017.03.24 --2017-03-24 15:47:27-- https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/releases/download/2017.03.24/youtube-dl Connecting to 127.0.0.1:8118... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: https://github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/1039520/cb619190-1030-11e7-92... [following] --2017-03-24 15:47:30-- https://github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/1039520/cb619190-1030-11e7-92... Connecting to 127.0.0.1:8118... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1495957 (1.4M) [application/octet-stream] Saving to: 'youtube-dl’ ... ... ... --2017-03-24 15:47:38-- https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/releases/download/2017.03.24/youtube-dl.si... Connecting to 127.0.0.1:8118... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: https://github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/1039520/ccc1c096-1030-11e7-95... [following] --2017-03-24 15:47:41-- https://github-cloud.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/1039520/ccc1c096-1030-11e7-95... Connecting to 127.0.0.1:8118... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 566 [application/octet-stream] Saving to: 'youtube-dl.sig’ 0K 100% 40.1M=0s 2017-03-24 15:47:44 (40.1 MB/s) - 'youtube-dl.sig’ saved [566/566] Status: 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 andrewm andrewm 1495957 Mar 24 04:25 youtube-dl -rw-r--r-- 1 andrewm andrewm 566 Mar 24 04:25 youtube-dl.sig gpg: Signature made Fri 24 Mar 2017 04:25:38 AEDT using RSA key ID 18A9236D gpg: Good signature from "Sergey M. <dstftw@gmail.com>" [unknown] gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: ED7F 5BF4 6B3B BED8 1C87 368E 2C39 3E0F 18A9 236D Cheers AndrewM