How To Install jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8. jbigkit-libs is JBIG1 lossless image compression library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `jbigkit-libs`

JBIG-KIT provides a portable library of compression and decompression functions with a documented interface that you can include very easily into your image or document processing software. In addition, JBIG-KIT provides ready-to-use compression and decompression programs with a simple command line interface (similar to the converters found in netpbm). JBIG-KIT implements the specification ISO/IEC 11544 Information technology — Coded representation of picture and audio information — Progressive bi-level image compression which is commonly referred to as the “JBIG1 standard”

We can use yum or dnf to install jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jbigkit-libs.

Install jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install jbigkit-libs

Install jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install jbigkit-libs

How To Uninstall jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove jbigkit-libs

jbigkit-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/71496c81c92201b18bffe09f972c22e087c9b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/c6c26667aceeeba1e6d71aabec7a057b21d676
/usr/lib/libjbig.so.2.1
/usr/lib/libjbig85.so.2.1
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/jbigkit-libs
/usr/share/licenses/jbigkit-libs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/4122c1f94f8239fbc3ad2485bc928547047cff
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/b8d259939e8d374b0c4102371cbd871c43c712
/usr/lib64/libjbig.so.2.1
/usr/lib64/libjbig85.so.2.1
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/jbigkit-libs/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/jbigkit-libs
/usr/share/licenses/jbigkit-libs/COPYING

References

jbigkit-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbigkit-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.