How to install ffmpeg on my n8n instance running in Docker desktop on my Mac

[mohamed3nan]

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ERROR: failed to build: failed to solve: process “/bin/sh -c apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg” did not complete successfully: exit code: 127

View build details: docker-desktop://dashboard/build/desktop-linux/desktop-linux/yhtegigx5o9qss6kuajgnlcd7

this bug

This is old method, and not working like this rn,

please look here:

Latest and 2.3.1 docker images do not include package manager (apk)

This is an issue that many of us have run into recently especially if you rely on tools like ffmpeg or use custom images in general, So far, the easiest solution is to restore apk without hard-coding URLs, as discussed here: FROM alpine:latest AS alpine FROM n8nio/n8n:latest # Copy apk and its deps from Alpine COPY --from=alpine /sbin/apk /sbin/apk COPY --from=alpine /usr/lib/libapk.so* /usr/lib/ USER root RUN apk add --no-cache ffmpeg USER node This solution is for the main n8n insta…