FFmpeg on Rocky Linux / RHEL
Use Case
This guide is useful if you need to install ffmpeg
on Rocky Linux 9 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux for handling multimedia data.
ffmpeg
is a powerful tool for recording, converting, and streaming audio and video and is required for streaming audio inputs on Linux installations.
This guide will help you:
- Add the RPM Fusion repository to your system
- Install
ffmpeg
using the package manager
Installation Steps
Step 1: Add the RPM Fusion Repository
RPM Fusion provides additional packages for RHEL-based distributions, including ffmpeg
. To add the RPM Fusion repository, follow these steps:
- Open a terminal.
- Run the following command to install the RPM Fusion free repository:
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-9.noarch.rpm
Step 2: Install FFmpeg
Once the RPM Fusion repository is added, you can install ffmpeg
using the following command:
sudo dnf install ffmpeg
Step 3: Verify the Installation
After the installation is complete, you can verify that ffmpeg
is installed correctly by running:
ffmpeg -version
This command should display the version of ffmpeg
installed on your system.