Windows users can [download an .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in their home directory (`%USERPROFILE%`, for example `C:\Users\<user name>\` or `C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\`) or any other location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29) except for `%SYSTEMROOT%\system32` (e.g. **do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`).
Windows users can [download an .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in any location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29) except for `%SYSTEMROOT%\System32` (e.g. **do not** put in `C:\Windows\System32`).
OS X users can install **youtube-dl** with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/).
OS X users can install **youtube-dl** with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/).