How to Install FFmpeg on my server — CyberPanel Community

williamclark April 8, 2025, 10:38 a.m. #2

To install FFmpeg on your server, first, if you already have the FFmpeg binary file, upload it to a directory like /usr/local/bin/ or /opt/ffmpeg/ using FTP or SCP. Then, give the file execution permissions with chmod +x ffmpeg and move it to /usr/local/bin/ for global access using sudo mv ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/. Afterward, verify the installation by running ffmpeg -version in your terminal. If you don’t have a binary file and prefer to install FFmpeg from a repository, you can use your system’s package manager. For Ubuntu/Debian, use sudo apt install ffmpeg, and for CentOS/RHEL, use sudo yum install ffmpeg after enabling the EPEL repository. Alternatively, if you need to compile FFmpeg from source, you’ll first need to install necessary dependencies like build-essential, yasm, and pkg-config. Then, download the FFmpeg source, extract it, and compile it with the ./configure, make, and sudo make install commands. Once done, verify the installation again with ffmpeg -version.