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diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 76374e2ac6..4f6ef6d7e5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2015 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Andy Patterson <ajpatter@uwaterloo.ca>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -822,6 +823,27 @@ projects while introducing many more.")
(build-system python-build-system)
(native-inputs `(("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
(home-page "http://youtube-dl.org")
+ (arguments
+ ;; The problem here is that the directory for the man page and completion
+ ;; files is relative, and for some reason, setup.py uses the
+ ;; auto-detected sys.prefix instead of the user-defined "--prefix=FOO".
+ ;; So, we need pass the prefix directly. In addition, make sure the Bash
+ ;; completion file is called 'youtube-dl' rather than
+ ;; 'youtube-dl.bash-completion'.
+ `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-before 'install 'fix-the-data-directories
+ (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (let ((prefix (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+ (mkdir "bash-completion")
+ (rename-file "youtube-dl.bash-completion"
+ "bash-completion/youtube-dl")
+ (substitute* "setup.py"
+ (("youtube-dl\\.bash-completion")
+ "bash-completion/youtube-dl")
+ (("'etc/")
+ (string-append "'" prefix "/etc/"))
+ (("'share/")
+ (string-append "'" prefix "/share/")))))))))
(synopsis "Download videos from YouTube.com and other sites")
(description
"Youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from