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How to install yle-dl on OSMC Linux

Yle Areena is a really great free streaming site run by the Finnish goverment funded media house Yleisradio . It has a Netflix-like browser interface. I am using a Home Theater PC (HTPC) called Vero 4K to watch content. It is running the OSMC Linux distro with Kodi as the interface. However, this guide should work on anything running OSMC, for example a Raspberry Pi . Lately, Yle changed their API, making the yle-areena Kodi plugin obsolete. After that I have been using yle-dl by Antti Ajanki to download and watch movies. It's a bit of a hassle to use. Compared to just using the Areena plugin, you have to first download the content on the command line and then find it on Kodi and play it. But it works well enough. Keep in mind, this is all legal according to Finnish law. Yle Areena is a legal streaming site and you can make recordings for your own use. So, here's how to get yle-dl running on OSMC.  Connect to the OSMC device with an SSH terminal program like PuTTY . Updat