[build] Add Linux standalone builds

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -70,14 +70,16 @@ jobs:
 
   build_unix:
     needs: create_release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04  # Standalone executable should be built on minimum supported OS
     outputs:
       sha256_bin: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha256_bin }}
       sha512_bin: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha512_bin }}
       sha256_tar: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha256_tar }}
       sha512_tar: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha512_tar }}
-      sha256_unix_zip: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha256_unix_zip }}
-      sha512_unix_zip: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha512_unix_zip }}
+      sha256_linux: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha256_linux }}
+      sha512_linux: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha512_linux }}
+      sha256_linux_zip: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha256_linux_zip }}
+      sha512_linux_zip: ${{ steps.get_sha.outputs.sha512_linux_zip }}
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -94,9 +96,12 @@ jobs:
       run: |
           python devscripts/update-version.py ${{ needs.create_release.outputs.version_suffix }}
           python devscripts/make_lazy_extractors.py
-    - name: Build UNIX executables
+    - name: Build Unix executables
       run: |
           make all tar
+          python pyinst.py --onedir
+          (cd ./dist/yt-dlp_linux && zip -r ../yt-dlp_linux.zip .)
+          python pyinst.py
     - name: Get SHA2-SUMS
       id: get_sha
       run: |
@@ -104,6 +109,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=sha512_bin::$(sha512sum yt-dlp | awk '{print $1}')"
           echo "::set-output name=sha256_tar::$(sha256sum yt-dlp.tar.gz | awk '{print $1}')"
           echo "::set-output name=sha512_tar::$(sha512sum yt-dlp.tar.gz | awk '{print $1}')"
+          echo "::set-output name=sha256_linux::$(sha256sum dist/yt-dlp_linux | awk '{print $1}')"
+          echo "::set-output name=sha512_linux::$(sha512sum dist/yt-dlp_linux | awk '{print $1}')"
+          echo "::set-output name=sha256_linux_zip::$(sha256sum dist/yt-dlp_linux.zip | awk '{print $1}')"
+          echo "::set-output name=sha512_linux_zip::$(sha512sum dist/yt-dlp_linux.zip | awk '{print $1}')"
 
     - name: Upload zip binary
       uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
@@ -123,6 +132,24 @@ jobs:
         asset_path: ./yt-dlp.tar.gz
         asset_name: yt-dlp.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/gzip
+    - name: Upload standalone binary
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ needs.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp_linux
+        asset_name: yt-dlp_linux
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+    - name: Upload onedir binary
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ needs.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ./dist/yt-dlp_linux.zip
+        asset_name: yt-dlp_linux.zip
+        asset_content_type: application/zip
 
     - name: Build and publish on PyPi
       env:
@@ -330,6 +357,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha256_bin }}  yt-dlp" >> SHA2-256SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha256_tar }}  yt-dlp.tar.gz" >> SHA2-256SUMS
+        echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha256_linux }}  yt-dlp_linux" >> SHA2-256SUMS
+        echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha256_linux_zip }}  yt-dlp_linux.zip" >> SHA2-256SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha256_win }}  yt-dlp.exe" >> SHA2-256SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha256_py2exe }}  yt-dlp_min.exe" >> SHA2-256SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_windows32.outputs.sha256_win32 }}  yt-dlp_x86.exe" >> SHA2-256SUMS
@@ -338,6 +367,8 @@ jobs:
         echo "${{ needs.build_macos.outputs.sha256_macos_zip }}  yt-dlp_macos.zip" >> SHA2-256SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha512_bin }}  yt-dlp" >> SHA2-512SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha512_tar }}  yt-dlp.tar.gz" >> SHA2-512SUMS
+        echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha512_linux }}  yt-dlp_linux" >> SHA2-512SUMS
+        echo "${{ needs.build_unix.outputs.sha512_linux_zip }}  yt-dlp_linux.zip" >> SHA2-512SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha512_win }}  yt-dlp.exe" >> SHA2-512SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_windows.outputs.sha512_py2exe }}  yt-dlp_min.exe" >> SHA2-512SUMS
         echo "${{ needs.build_windows32.outputs.sha512_win32 }}  yt-dlp_x86.exe" >> SHA2-512SUMS

README.md

@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ #### Alternatives
 :---|:---
 [yt-dlp_x86.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_x86.exe)|Windows (Vista SP2+) standalone x86 (32-bit) binary
 [yt-dlp_min.exe](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_min.exe)|Windows (Win7 SP1+) standalone x64 binary built with `py2exe`<br/> ([Not recommended](#standalone-py2exe-builds-windows))
+[yt-dlp_linux](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux)|UNIX standalone x64 binary
+[yt-dlp_linux.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_linux.zip)|Unpackaged Unix executable (no auto-update)
 [yt-dlp_win.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_win.zip)|Unpackaged Windows executable (no auto-update)
 [yt-dlp_macos.zip](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp_macos.zip)|Unpackaged MacOS (10.15+) executable (no auto-update)
 

pyinst.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def exe(onedir):
     """@returns (name, path)"""
     name = '_'.join(filter(None, (
         'yt-dlp',
-        OS_NAME == 'darwin' and 'macos',
+        {'win32': '', 'darwin': 'macos'}.get(OS_NAME, OS_NAME),
         ARCH == '32' and 'x86'
     )))
     return name, ''.join(filter(None, (

yt_dlp/update.py

@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ def detect_variant():
     'py2exe': '_min.exe',
     'win32_exe': '.exe',
     'darwin_exe': '_macos',
+    'linux_exe': '_linux',
 }
 
 _NON_UPDATEABLE_REASONS = {
     **{variant: None for variant in _FILE_SUFFIXES},  # Updatable
     **{variant: f'Auto-update is not supported for unpackaged {name} executable; Re-download the latest release'
-       for variant, name in {'win32_dir': 'Windows', 'darwin_dir': 'MacOS'}.items()},
+       for variant, name in {'win32_dir': 'Windows', 'darwin_dir': 'MacOS', 'linux_dir': 'Linux'}.items()},
     'source': 'You cannot update when running from source code; Use git to pull the latest changes',
     'unknown': 'It looks like you installed yt-dlp with a package manager, pip or setup.py; Use that to update',
     'other': 'It looks like you are using an unofficial build of yt-dlp; Build the executable again',