Simple bash script to install the latest static version of FFmpeg (from http://ffmpeg.gusari.org/static/)

ffmpeg-updater.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Author: Maxwel Leite
# Website: http://needforbits.wordpress.com/
# Description: Simple bash script to install the latest static version of FFmpeg (from http://ffmpeg.gusari.org/static/)
# Dependencies: wget
# Tested: Ubuntu Saucy

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo -e "You must be a root user!\nTry: sudo ./ffmpeg-update.sh" 2>&1
    exit 1
fi

if ! which wget >/dev/null; then
    echo "Error: wget is required to download the file"
    echo "Run the following command to install it:"
    echo "sudo apt-get install wget"
    exit 1
fi

if [ `arch` == 'x86_64' ]; then
    arch="64bit"
else
    arch="32bit"
fi

mkdir -p "/tmp/ffmpeg-updater"
cd "/tmp/ffmpeg-updater"

echo -n ":: Downloading ffmpeg... "
wget -c -O ffmpeg.latest.tar.gz "http://ffmpeg.gusari.org/static/$arch/ffmpeg.static.$arch.latest.tar.gz"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Error: Download error! Try again!"
    exit 1
fi
echo "Done!"

echo -n ":: Unpacking ffmpeg... "
tar -xf ffmpeg.latest.tar.gz &> /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Error unpacking! Try again!"
    exit 1
fi
echo "Done!"

if [ ! -d ffmpeg ]; then
    echo ":: Installing ffmpeg... "
    # remove current version of ffmpeg (if really exists)
    rm -rf /usr/bin/ffmpeg &> /dev/null
    rm -rf /usr/bin/ffprobe &> /dev/null

    # set the right permissions
    chmod 755 ffprobe ffmpeg
    chown root.root ffmpeg ffprobe

    # install in enviroment
    mv ffmpeg /usr/bin/
    mv ffprobe /usr/bin/
    echo "Done!"

    echo -n ":: Cleanup...  "
    cd -
    rm -rf /tmp/ffmpeg-updater
    echo "Done!"
else
    echo "Error: ffmpeg not found!"
    exit 1
fi

echo -e "\nffmpeg is now fully installed!\nTo test, try: ffmpeg"