{"id":11373,"date":"2021-08-21T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T09:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=11373"},"modified":"2024-04-24T07:36:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:36:29","slug":"install-ffmpeg-whm-cpanel-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/install-ffmpeg-whm-cpanel-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install FFMPEG for WHM\/cPanel Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We will explain how you can install the FFMPEG application on a cPanel server via WHM terminal.<\/p>\n<p>If you want the users to stream the audio-video content on your website, you need to install FFMPEG. FFMPEG is an application that has cross-platform support, meaning it can run on all platforms.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes with a PHP extension allowing the users to process their files via web pages with the PHP language.<\/p>\n<h2>To Install FFMPEG<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your root account of the WHM panel.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select the <strong>Server Configuration<\/strong> option from the navigation menu.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/whm_server_conf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1919\" height=\"718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on <strong>Terminal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/whm_terminal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1445\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The terminal interface will open.<\/p>\n<p>The installation of the FFMPEG application requires you to follow a particular order.<\/p>\n<p>You have to copy the following commands on the interface accordingly.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Install EPEL repo:<\/h3>\n<p>First, you have to\u00a0install the EPEL repo. Copy\/enter this command on the terminal.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">yum install epel-release<\/pre>\n<p>There are chances of this command failing in some rare cases. If it does fail, it will return you No package epel-release available. If that happens, you will have to download the rpm of the epel repo.<\/p>\n<p>Enter\/copy these commands to the terminal:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">wget https:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm\nrpm -ivh epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm<\/pre>\n<h3>2. Install NUX desktop repo:<\/h3>\n<p>After installing\u00a0the EPEL repo, you have to download and install the NUX desktop repo.<\/p>\n<p>The command for it is this:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">rpm -Uvh http:\/\/li.nux.ro\/download\/nux\/dextop\/el7\/x86_64\/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm<\/pre>\n<h3>3. Install FFMPEG<\/h3>\n<p>After installing the\u00a0EPEL repo and\u00a0the NUX desktop repo, your system is set to install and run the FFMPEG application.<\/p>\n<p>The command to install\u00a0the FFMPEG application is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">yum -y install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel<\/pre>\n<h3>4. Confirm FFMPEG installation<\/h3>\n<p>You can confirm if the\u00a0FFMPEG is operational or not by checking its installed version on your server.<\/p>\n<p>Enter\/copy this command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">ffmpeg -version<\/pre>\n<p>This is how you will successfully download and install the FFMPEG application with the WHM terminal on your cPanel server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will explain how you can install the FFMPEG application on a cPanel server via WHM terminal. If you want the users to stream the audio-video content on your website, you need to install FFMPEG. FFMPEG is an application that has cross-platform support, meaning it can run on all platforms. 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