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I have been trying to install ffmpeg using the command pip install ffmpeg and I am doing this in a server where we dont have sudo permissions. On writing ffmpeg I get ffmpeg: command not found. Then I checked with pip list and it showed ffmpeg. Please help me.

your_doomsday07
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pip install ffmpeg installs a Python package that doesn't have any executable scripts; it's for calling functions from Python code.

If you want to install ffmpeg program you need to run — what do you use, Ubuntu? — sudo apt install ffmpeg

The Python package requires the program anyway.

phd
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Make sure to run pip install ffmpeg-python and not pip install ffmpeg or pip install python-ffmpeg. As @phd says that pip install ffmpeg will only install a Python package.

Muhammad Mobeen
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  • `ffmpeg` (program) must be installed anyway: https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python#installing-ffmpeg – phd Dec 25 '22 at 10:32
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Try conda install ffmpeg. This will also work if you do not have sudo access. Pip installation might not work sometimes.

Himangi Mittal
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  • Hello, you could specify what conda is/does to help the OP. While you it is true you don't need sudo rights with conda, OP may not be using/wishing to use conda environments. – RoB Jan 30 '23 at 16:46
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