Error starting the app up.

I don’t know what happens but I couldn’t get it to work. I’m sure everything required is installed and I followed the instructions step by step. / Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa here.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./main.py", line 3, in <module>
    from youtube import Youtube
  File "/home/owz/smd/youtube.py", line 5, in <module>
    from pytube import YouTube
  File "/home/owz/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pytube/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from pytube.streams import Stream
  File "/home/owz/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pytube/streams.py", line 17, in <module>
    from pytube import extract
  File "/home/owz/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pytube/extract.py", line 7, in <module>
    from pytube.compat import quote
ImportError: cannot import name 'quote' from 'pytube.compat' (/home/owz/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pytube/compat.py)

[computerdude100]

Try changing the pytube version

Can you tell us how? Because the version it grabs is latest one, which causes the problem.

You can use this code pip3 install pytube==your pytube version Change the pytube version to the one you want. For example, pip3 install pytube==9.0

Installing 9.0 fixed this particular issue… brought many more to light but it seems to be the solution for this issue.

[thecloakmaster]

Try changing the pytube version

Can you tell us how? Because the version it grabs is latest one, which causes the problem.

You can use this code pip3 install pytube==your pytube version Change the pytube version to the one you want. For example, pip3 install pytube==9.0