I've just verified that ffmpeg 3.2-2 from zesty starts fine after installation in a minimal chroot. Your problem is caused by third-party libraries. To identify the problematic one, try running the following command: $ for lib in $(ldd /usr/bin/ffmpeg | sed 's/.*=> \(.*\) (.*/\1/'); do [ -e "$lib" ] && ldd "$lib" | grep libSDL && echo "$lib"; done libSDL2-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f2c0db1e000) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavdevice.so.57
As you can see, there is no libSDL1.2 here thus I'm closing this bug as invalid. ** Changed in: ffmpeg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642901 Title: ffmpeg dependent on libSDL-1.2.so.0 instead libsdl2-2.0-0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/+bug/1642901/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs