The Ubuntu 16.04’s repository coming with FFmpeg 2.x version, but currently FFmpeg is available with 4.x version also. In case this information becomes obsolete, I probably update the corresponding post in my personal blog. Installing FFmpeg on Ubuntu The FFmpeg package comes with Ubuntu default repository so you can install it by using an apt package manager and this is also a most comfortable way to install FFmpeg on Ubuntu operating system.

To produce a Debian package I can uninstall without hassle. Instead I use sudo checkinstall -pkgname='ffmpeg-$(cat RELEASE)' -pkgversion='$(cat RELEASE)~git$(git rev-parse -short HEAD)' -backup=no -deldoc=yes -fstrans=no -default I do not actually execute make install, though. make install will put it into opt, so it does not conflict with the ffmpeg version provided by the package manager. The fancy part is -prefix=/opt/ffmpeg-$(cat RELEASE) -disable-shared -enable-static -disable-doc -extra-cflags=-static -extra-libs='-ldl', which gives you a static compile.

configure -prefix=/opt/ffmpeg-$(cat RELEASE) -enable-gpl -enable-nonfree -enable-version3 -enable-libx264 -enable-libfdk-aac -enable-pthreads -enable-postproc -enable-gnutls -disable-librtmp -disable-libopencv -disable-libopenjpeg -enable-libpulse -arch=amd64 -disable-shared -enable-static -disable-doc -extra-cflags=-static -extra-libs='-ldl' -disable-outdev=alsa -disable-outdev=oss -disable-outdev=v4l2 -disable-outdev=sndio -disable-indev=alsa -disable-indev=oss -disable-indev=sndio -disable-indev=jackĪs you see, I explicitly enable libx264 and fdk-aac and I disable a lot of features I don't need. I do this on a regular basis since I like to use ffmpeg's bleeding edge features now and then.įor libfdk-aac and libx264, you want to install the respective development packages: sudo apt install libfdk-aac-dev libx264-dev

How to install ffmpeg in ubuntu