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