Hello,

In the Message; 

  Subject    : Re: youtube download problems
  Message-ID : <CAHeBFz1-X4U46+B0evnZ_MiXF2yWyXYO8vVWnuPysYHwT=B2hQ@mail.gmail.com>
  Date & Time: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 20:31:15 -0700

[CS] == Carl Spitzer <lynuxrocks@gmail.com> has written:

[...]
CS>  sudo yt-dlp -U
CS>  [sudo] password for root:
CS>  Latest version: 2023.07.06, Current version: 2023.01.06
CS>  Current Build Hash
CS>  3d47785962f7b07d38ab6465d4e4e827bd014805e727b71ecc6f1f56606663b2
CS>  Updating to version 2023.07.06 ...
CS>  Updated yt-dlp to version 2023.07.06
cwsiv@localhost:~> yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GcdY5wtpso
CS>  Traceback (most recent call last):
CS>    File "/usr/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>

CS>  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'contextvars'

CS>  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

CS>  Traceback (most recent call last):
CS>    File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
CS>      "__main__", mod_spec)
CS>    File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
CS>      exec(code, run_globals)
CS>    File "/usr/bin/yt-dlp/__main__.py", line 14, in <module>
CS>    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
CS>    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
CS>    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 656, in _load_unlocked
CS>    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 626, in
CS>  _load_backward_compatible
CS>    File "/usr/bin/yt-dlp/yt_dlp/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>

CS>  Exception: You are using an unsupported version of Python. Only Python
CS>  versions 3.7 and above are supported by yt-dlp

The module named 'contextvars' was added since python 3.7.

So, you need python3.7 or later to use yt-dlp.

The solution to this problem is not difficult; simply install python
3.7 or higher (you will also be asked to install some files, but you
can accept them all) and run as root like this;

   # update-alternatives --config python3
   
then choose the python3 you have installed.