How To Install jbigkit on Fedora 34

jbigkit is JBIG1 lossless image compression tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbigkit on Fedora 34.

What is jbigkit

The jbigkit package contains tools for converting between PBM and JBIG1 formats.

We can use yum or dnf to install jbigkit on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jbigkit.

Install jbigkit on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install jbigkit using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jbigkit

Install jbigkit on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install jbigkit using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jbigkit

How To Uninstall jbigkit on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the jbigkit package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove jbigkit

jbigkit Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/jbgtopbm
/usr/bin/jbgtopbm85
/usr/bin/pbmtojbg
/usr/bin/pbmtojbg85
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/832331d5bb7b2ffc6ab1d92cdc8970120bf599
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/63c484885abf18494622174526f2f321ccf214
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/97d92b48ef9fb5212a86473cda13300c2dc48e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/0aef9b225bd0622a28dd1b652eb87ef854d19e
/usr/share/licenses/jbigkit
/usr/share/licenses/jbigkit/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/jbgtopbm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pbmtojbg.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbigkit on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.