Prerequisites

1.  Download yt-dlp with the package manager of your choice. Examples: 

   sudo wget https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -O /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
   sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
   
   python3 -m pip install -U yt-dlp
   
   yay yt-dlp
   
   sudo apt install yt-dlp
   
   sudo nala install yt-dlp

2. Download ffmpg with the package manager of your choice. Examples:

   yay ffmpeg
   
   sudo apt install ffmpeg
   
   sudo nala install ffmpeg

3. Download optional dependencies if necessary from here
4. Make a directory where your config files will sit
5. Create your first config. Example:

   # best video and audio
   -f bestvideo+bestaudio 
   
   # Just go on even if everything burns
   -ciw 
   
   # verbose
   -v
   
   # Thumbnail
   --write-thumbnail
   --embed-thumbnail
   
   # Add chapters
   --embed-chapters
   
   # Embed info json
   --write-info-json
   --embed-info-json 
   
   # Metadata
   --embed-metadata
   
   # Description
   --write-description
   
   # Comments
   #--write-comments
   
   # Mark Video as watched. May count towards view count.
   --mark-watched
   
   # Merge downloaded video and audio into a mkv file
   --merge-output-format mkv

6. More file examples can be found here