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-% YOUTUBE-DL(1)
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-# NAME
 youtube-dl - download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms
 
 # SYNOPSIS
 **youtube-dl** [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
 
+# INSTALLATION
+
+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
+
+If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:
+
+    sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2014.05.13/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    sudo chmod a+x /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).
+
+Alternatively, refer to the developer instructions below for how to check out and work with the git repository. For further options, including PGP signatures, see https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html .
+
 # DESCRIPTION
 **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
 YouTube.com and a few more sites. It requires the Python interpreter, version