Installing FFmpeg on Linux

Step by step: How to install and configure FFmpeg on Debian

Introduction
This guide explains how to install FFmpeg on:

Debian 10
Debian 9
Debian 8
FFmpeg is an open-source command-line tool for video and audio encoding/decoding. Its main features are high speed, quality, and small file sizes.

Prerequisites
Update the Debian server with the latest package versions.
Connect to the server as a non-root sudo user.
Debian 10 and 9

 Install FFmpeg.

 $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

 Verify the installation.

ffmpeg -version

You will see information about the installed FFmpeg version. Your setup is complete.

Debian 8
Edit the source list.

$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

 Add the following lines at the end of the file:

 # deb-multimedia
 deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free
 deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free


 # jessie-backports
 deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main

Save and close the file.
Update the package list and install deb-multimedia keyring:

 $ sudo apt-get update
 $ sudo apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
 $ sudo apt-get update

Install FFmpeg.

$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Verify the installation.

 ffmpeg -version

 You will see information about the installed FFmpeg version. Your setup is complete.