How to install FFmpeg on various OS

- It is required to install FFmpeg on your server if you want to share videos on Instagram from WordPress using the FS Poster plugin;

- If you get the requirement missing, it means you have not installed FFMpeg/FFProbe or did not configure it correctly;

- If you have access to the server and have permission to install the library, you can continue reading. Otherwise, you can send this tutorial to your server administrator/company and ask them to install FFmpeg for you.

- Depending on your operating system, you can choose one of these and follow instructions:

On Debian or Debian-based operating systems (e.g., Ubuntu Server):

Open the terminal and write this command:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install -y ffmpeg

On CentOS

CentOS 8

Install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository.

$ sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
$ sudo yum install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-8.noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-8.noarch.rpm
$ sudo yum install https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/8-stream/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/SDL2-2.0.10-2.el8.x86_64.rpm

Install the FFmpeg and FFmpeg development packages.

$ sudo yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel

CentOS 7

Install the Nux Dextop repository.

$ sudo rpm --import https://li.nux.ro/download/nux/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro
$ sudo rpm -Uvh https://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

Install the FFmpeg and FFmpeg development packages.

$ sudo yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel -y

CentOS 6

Install the Nux Dextop repository.

$ sudo rpm --import https://li.nux.ro/download/nux/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro
$ sudo rpm -Uvh https://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm

Install the FFmpeg and FFmpeg development packages.

$ sudo yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel -y

On Fedora

Add the RPM Fusion repository

$ sudo dnf -y install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
$ sudo dnf -y install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Update your system to the latest packages.

$ sudo dnf update

Install FFmpeg

$ sudo dnf install -y ffmpeg

Wait until the process finishes. If you did not encounter any error, that means you installed FFmpeg. To make sure, write this command and check the output.

$ ffmpeg -version
$ ffprobe -version

If you see the output as in the screenshot below, you installed it successfully.