Linux Prerequisites

This page lists the tools required to build FFmpegKitNext for Linux.

For build commands, see Building Linux. For Linux build options, see nix-linux.sh.

Linux builds target the native architecture of the Linux host. Supported architectures are x86_64 and arm64.

Requirements With Nix

Install Nix on an x86_64 or arm64 Linux host.

The Linux Nix profile name is generated from the host glibc version. Use:

./nix-linux.sh --list-profiles

The printed Linux profile provides the compiler toolchain and host build tools used by the build scripts, including clang, llvm, lld, libclang, gcc, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, gettext, cmake, bison, meson, ninja, nasm, yasm, gperf, python3, perl, ruby, make, patch, curl, wget, git, zip, unzip, tar, gzip, xz, rsync, tcl, texinfo, ragel, groff and gtk-doc.

No separate compiler, Autotools, CMake, Meson, Ninja, pkg-config or gettext installation is normally required when using this profile.

Linux --enable-linux-* options use system development packages through pkg-config. If you enable one of those options, install the corresponding system -dev package on the host.

Requirements Without Nix

Direct Linux builds are supported on x86_64 and arm64 Linux. You must install and maintain the compiler toolchain and host build tools yourself.

Install the host build tools used by the scripts. Package names vary by distribution, but the tools are:

bash git curl wget zip unzip tar gzip xz-utils make sed grep which autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gettext cmake bison meson ninja-build nasm yasm gperf python3 perl ruby patch file find doxygen clang llvm lld gcc gawk rsync tcl texinfo ragel groff gtk-doc-tools

RapidJSON is downloaded by scripts/start-linux.sh; a distro-provided RapidJSON development package is not required for the normal build flow.

Optional System Libraries

Install these development packages only when enabling the matching --enable-linux-* option. Debian/Ubuntu package names are shown as examples.

Build option	Debian/Ubuntu package examples
--enable-linux-alsa	libasound2-dev
--enable-linux-fontconfig	libfontconfig1-dev
--enable-linux-freetype	libfreetype-dev
--enable-linux-fribidi	libfribidi-dev
--enable-linux-gmp	libgmp-dev
--enable-linux-gnutls	libgnutls28-dev
--enable-linux-harfbuzz	libharfbuzz-dev
--enable-linux-lame	libmp3lame-dev
--enable-linux-libass	libass-dev
--enable-linux-libiconv	provided by glibc on Debian/Ubuntu; no separate package is normally needed
--enable-linux-libtheora	libtheora-dev
--enable-linux-libvorbis	libvorbis-dev
--enable-linux-libvpx	libvpx-dev
--enable-linux-libwebp	libwebp-dev
--enable-linux-libxml2	libxml2-dev
--enable-linux-opencl	ocl-icd-opencl-dev, opencl-headers
--enable-linux-opencore-amr	libopencore-amrnb-dev, libopencore-amrwb-dev
--enable-linux-opus	libopus-dev
--enable-linux-sdl	libsdl2-dev
--enable-linux-shine	libshine-dev
--enable-linux-snappy	libsnappy-dev
--enable-linux-soxr	libsoxr-dev
--enable-linux-speex	libspeex-dev
--enable-linux-tesseract	libtesseract-dev
--enable-linux-twolame	libtwolame-dev
--enable-linux-vaapi	libva-dev
--enable-linux-v4l2	libv4l-dev
--enable-linux-vo-amrwbenc	libvo-amrwbenc-dev
--enable-linux-zlib	zlib1g-dev
--enable-linux-libvidstab	libvidstab-dev
--enable-linux-rubberband	librubberband-dev
--enable-linux-x265	libx265-dev
--enable-linux-xvidcore	libxvidcore-dev