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Asked: 2026-05-27T21:02:37+00:00

I have a Windows OS for development, and a Linux server. I downloaded ffmpeg

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I have a Windows OS for development, and a Linux server. I downloaded ffmpeg on my Windows, configured everything, and uploaded the application. The video conversion didn’t work. After extensive hours figuring out the culprit, I realized that I downloaded the ffmpeg for Windows, and need to download the Linux version. That seemed harder than downloading the Windows version. I have scoured the net, and have come up with squat

So, my 2 questions are:

  1. Is there an easy way to download/install the linux version of ffmpeg? OR
  2. Is there an easier way to install it straight on the server?

If it matters, I also have a Linux OS development, but found it hard to install ffmpeg on it anyway.

Update: After trying apt-get install ffmpeg on my Ubuntu Linux OS, it says it has already been installed. How do I locate what folder it’s located?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Welcome to Linux.

    Most applications aren’t “installed to a folder”. Most executables are installed into the directory /usr/bin/, most libraries into the directory /usr/lib/, and so on. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard contains a good description of how directories are used on Linux systems, though I’ll caution you that it is not a standard — it is descriptive not proscriptive.

    To run ffmpeg, just type ffmpeg --help at the prompt.

    If you really want to see the full path to ffmpeg, run type ffmpeg at the shell prompt:

    $ type ffmpeg
ffmpeg is /usr/bin/ffmpeg
$
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