Install FFMPEG in Redhat Linux via rpm for a non root user

How can i install ffmpeg rpm for a non root user on linux server. I tried installing the package using

rpm -ivh ffmpeg-devel-0.10.15-1.el6.i686.rpm

The above package shows number of dependency errors. As there are more than 50 packages to install to satisfy dependencies, is there any simpler way to install ffmpeg via rpm

LeDerp

Posted 2016-05-23T20:27:33.097

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Answers

Just download a binary of ffmpeg.

curl -O http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-64bit-static.tar.xz
tar xf ffmpeg-git-64bit-static.tar.xz

Your new binary will be in the ffmpeg-git-64bit-static directory.
If your kernel is older than 2.6.32+ then you won't be able to use this.
If you're using a 32-bit system, then replace the 64bit with 32bit.
You won't need to "install" it; just execute it directly or point your script to the new binary.

llogan

Posted 2016-05-23T20:27:33.097

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And, just in case anyone's worried about downloading binaries from random sites, the one in this answer is linked to from the official download page, so it should be safe.

– miken32 – 2017-09-11T23:26:14.013

No. You cannot install rpm as non-root user.

You can extract content of those packages:

rpmdev-extract ffmpeg-devel-0.10.15-1.el6.i686.rpm

BTW if you are root and you want to install debuginfo, you should not do that using rpm (and not even with yum), but do:

debuginfo-install ffmpeg

msuchy

Posted 2016-05-23T20:27:33.097

Reputation: 504