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 </p>
 
 <p>To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
-<code class="commands">sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2013.09.16/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl<br/>sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
+<code class="commands">sudo curl https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2013.09.16/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl<br/>
+sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
+</p>
+
+<p>If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:
+
+<code class="commands">sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2013.09.16/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl<br/>
+sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl</code>
 </p>
 
 <p>You can also use pip: