Install FFmpeg 2.8.6 On Ubuntu / LinuxMint / Debian

In this Tutorial I will show you how to install the Latest  Version of FFmpeg 2.8.6 On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS /other versions , LinuxMint and Debian.

FFmpeg is an open source and cross-platform solution for converting, encoding and recording audio and video streams.It is available for download as a single source archive that can be  compiled and installed in any Linux-based operating system.

Changes in FFmpeg 2.8.6

• Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2015-08-28, libav 11 as of 2015-08-28.
• It includes the following library versions

1. libavutil 54. 31.100
2. libavcodec 56. 60.100
3. libavformat 56. 40.101
4. libavdevice 56. 4.100
5. libavfilter 5. 40.101
6. libavresample 2. 1. 0
7. libswscale 3. 1.101
8. libswresample 1. 2.101
9. libpostproc 53. 3.100

Installation steps

Step 1:Download the tar file from the home site

wget https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-2.8.6.tar.bz2

Step 2: Extract the tar package and make the install 

cd ffmpeg-2.8.6/

./configure

make && sudo make install