A query about backports and command line youtube downloaders

[Bret Busby]

On 24/4/24 21:36, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Mittwoch, dem 24.04.2024 um 21:27 +0800 schrieb Bret Busby:
>>
>>        2024.04.09-1~bpo22.04.1 100
>>           100 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-
>> backports/universe
>> amd64 Packages
> [...}
>>    *** 2022.04.08-1 500
>>           500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64
>> Packages
>>           
> [...]
>>
>> What does that mean, in terms of the status of version
>> 2024.04.09-1~bpo22.04.1 100
>> with regard to the backports repository, and, whether Synaptic and
>> the
>> Update Manager should find that version?
>>
>> Do I need to use a command line command, rather than a GUI package
>> manager, to update the package, if the package is available but
>> unseen
>> to the GUI package managers?
>>
> see:
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports
> 
> 
> backports have a low priority (100) vs the normal archive (500) so the
> archive will always be preferred ... the wikipage above shows how to
> install a backported package i havent used synaptic in 20y or so, so i
> cant really tell how you would do it via gui ...
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 
> 
I used the single package command as specified on that web page (from 
reading what I read of the web page, it appeared a bit too risky, to 
update from everything in the backports repository), installed yt-dlp, 
which now shows, using the policy command, as being this month's (the 
latest stable) version, tested it on a small (shorts) youtube video, 
and, it worked.

Thank you for your help.

....
Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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