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I've downloaded ffmpeg and placed it in a folder, say /user/bla. Now every time I wish to run ffmpeg, i need to enter

system:random/path user$ /user/bla/ffmpeg [arguments]

Can I make the application globally available so that I can run it from each path, just by doing

system:random/path user$ ffmpeg [arguments]

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Yes, either add /user/bla to your PATH variable, or make a symlink from /user/bla/ffmpeg into a directory that is already in your PATH variable, like /usr/local/bin/

This will make all executables in /user/bla available to your current account:

echo 'PATH=$PATH:/user/bla' >> ~/.bash_profile

This will make just ffmpeg available to all accounts:

sudo ln -s /user/bla/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/
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