ffmpeg software package provides Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
ffmpeg is installed in your system.
Make ensure the ffmpeg package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ffmpeg *
You will get with ffmpeg package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Video |
| Package | ffmpeg |
| Version | 7:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 [amd6 |
| Description | Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files |
| Sub Section | Video |