How to install FFmpeg on Fedora Linux

Introduction

FFmpeg is a free, open-source utility to encode/decode video or audio. This tutorial is for all versions of Fedora Linux including:

• Fedora 31

• Fedora 32

Prerequisites

• Connect to your Vultr VPS

• Update Fedora Linux

Installation

1. 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
   

2. Update your system to the latest packages.

   $ sudo dnf update
   

3. Install FFmpeg

   $ sudo dnf install -y ffmpeg
   

4. Ensure FFmpeg works by running

   $ ffmpeg --help