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    How to install ffmpeg package in Debian 8 Jessie?

    Option 1
    Install ffmpeg from deb-multimedia.org
    To install ffmpeg, edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the appropriate line for your distribution as listed here:
    http://www.deb-multimedia.org/
    To add debian testing, either manually edit the file or run..
    Example for debian testing only:
    sudo echo deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org testing main non-free \
    >>/etc/apt/sources.list
    After adding the line for deb-multimedia, update the package, add the keyring, and install ffmpeg.
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
    You will have to install the keyring as an unauthenticated package using this method.

    Option 2
    Install ffmpeg from source
    Alternatively, you can install from source. This is how to create a .deb file using checkinstall which can then be uninstalled again. Install these packages, yasm or nasm is needed for ffmpeg specifically, the others are generally useful for building packages:

    sudo apt-get install yasm nasm \
                    build-essential automake autoconf \
                    libtool pkg-config libcurl4-openssl-dev \
                    intltool libxml2-dev libgtk2.0-dev \
                    libnotify-dev libglib2.0-dev libevent-dev \
                    checkinstall

    Next, clone the ffmpeg package or download the latest snapshot:
    git clone git://git.videolan.org/ffmpeg.git
    or
    wget https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
    tar jxvf ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
    Compile ffmpeg:
    cd ffmpeg
    ./configure --prefix=/usr
    time make -j 8
    cat RELEASE
    sudo checkinstall
    Most of the checkinstall defaults are fine, but a version number is required. The current version is displayed by “cat RELEASE”. This should create a deb file in the current directory.
    Finally, install the deb file you made using dpkg:
    sudo dpkg --install ffmpeg_*.deb

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