diff -Nru youtube-dlg-0.4-4/debian/build-ppa.sh youtube-dlg-0.4-5/debian/build-ppa.sh
--- youtube-dlg-0.4-4/debian/build-ppa.sh	2019-01-17 21:22:00.000000000 +0000
+++ youtube-dlg-0.4-5/debian/build-ppa.sh	2019-07-12 12:04:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 old_format_source=$(cat ./debian/source/format)
 tmp_suffix="buildPPA_$(date +%s)_tmp"
 
-for i in xenial bionic cosmic disco
+for i in xenial bionic cosmic disco eoan
 do
 	old_version="$(cat ./debian/changelog | head -n 1 | awk -F "(" '{print $2}' | awk -F ")" '{print $1}')"
 	new_version="${old_version}~${i}1"
diff -Nru youtube-dlg-0.4-4/debian/changelog youtube-dlg-0.4-5/debian/changelog
--- youtube-dlg-0.4-4/debian/changelog	2019-01-17 21:22:00.000000000 +0000
+++ youtube-dlg-0.4-5/debian/changelog	2019-07-12 12:04:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-youtube-dlg (0.4-4-git20190118~disco1) disco; urgency=medium
+youtube-dlg (0.4-5-git20190712~disco1) disco; urgency=medium
+
+  * Find and use system youtube-dl binary
+    Fallback to downloading it from the internet if a system one is not available
+
+ -- Mikhail Novosyolov <mikhailnov@dumalogiya.ru>  Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:04:49 +0300
+
+youtube-dlg (0.4-4-git20190118) unstable; urgency=medium
  
   * git from 2019-01-18 commit c5c18e5
   * depend from youtube-dl
diff -Nru youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/downloaders.py youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/downloaders.py
--- youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/downloaders.py	2019-01-17 21:11:44.000000000 +0000
+++ youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/downloaders.py	2019-07-12 12:03:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 from Queue import Queue
 from threading import Thread
 
-from .utils import convert_item
+from .utils import (
+    convert_item,
+    system_youtube_dl,
+)
 
 
 class PipeReader(Thread):
@@ -314,7 +317,11 @@
         if os.name == 'nt':
             cmd = [self.youtubedl_path] + options + [url]
         else:
-            cmd = ['python', self.youtubedl_path] + options + [url]
+            if (system_youtube_dl is None):
+                cmd = ['python', self.youtubedl_path] + options + [url]
+            else:
+                cmd = [system_youtube_dl] + options + [url]
+            #print("Executing cmd: ", cmd)
 
         return cmd
 
diff -Nru youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/downloadmanager.py youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/downloadmanager.py
--- youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/downloadmanager.py	2019-01-17 21:11:44.000000000 +0000
+++ youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/downloadmanager.py	2019-07-12 12:03:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 from .utils import (
     YOUTUBEDL_BIN,
+    system_youtube_dl,
     os_path_exists,
     format_bytes,
     to_string,
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@
 
     def _check_youtubedl(self):
         """Check if youtube-dl binary exists. If not try to download it. """
-        if not os_path_exists(self._youtubedl_path()) and self.parent.update_thread is None:
+        if (system_youtube_dl is None) and not os_path_exists(self._youtubedl_path()) and self.parent.update_thread is None:
             self.parent.update_thread = UpdateThread(self.opt_manager.options['youtubedl_path'], True)
             self.parent.update_thread.join()
             self.parent.update_thread = None
@@ -529,7 +530,10 @@
     def _youtubedl_path(self):
         """Returns the path to youtube-dl binary. """
         path = self.opt_manager.options['youtubedl_path']
-        path = os.path.join(path, YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
+        if system_youtube_dl is not None:
+            path = system_youtube_dl
+        else:
+            path = os.path.join(self.opt_manager.options["youtubedl_path"], YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
         return path
 
 
diff -Nru youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/__init__.py youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/__init__.py
--- youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/__init__.py	2019-01-17 21:11:44.000000000 +0000
+++ youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/__init__.py	2019-07-12 12:03:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
     get_config_path,
     get_locale_file,
     os_path_exists,
-    YOUTUBEDL_BIN
+    YOUTUBEDL_BIN,
+    system_youtube_dl,
 )
 
 
@@ -81,7 +82,12 @@
 
 def main():
     """The real main. Creates and calls the main app windows. """
-    youtubedl_path = os.path.join(opt_manager.options["youtubedl_path"], YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
+
+    if system_youtube_dl is not None:
+        youtubedl_path = system_youtube_dl
+        print("Found and using system youtube-dl")
+    else:
+        youtubedl_path = os.path.join(opt_manager.options["youtubedl_path"], YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
 
     app = wx.App()
     frame = MainFrame(opt_manager, log_manager)
diff -Nru youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/utils.py youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/utils.py
--- youtube-dlg-0.4-4/youtube_dl_gui/utils.py	2019-01-17 21:11:44.000000000 +0000
+++ youtube-dlg-0.4-5/youtube_dl_gui/utils.py	2019-07-12 12:03:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 import locale
 import subprocess
 
+import distutils
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+
 try:
     from twodict import TwoWayOrderedDict
 except ImportError as error:
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@
 if os.name == 'nt':
     YOUTUBEDL_BIN += '.exe'
 
+# Prefer system youtube-dl; if it does not exist, fallback to downloading
+# it in downloadmanager.py/_check_youtubedl
+system_youtube_dl = find_executable(YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
 
 FILESIZE_METRICS = ["B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB"]