How To Install jasper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install jasper.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. jasper.x86_64 is Implementation of the JPEG-2000 standard, Part 1

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jasper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `jasper.x86_64`

This package contains an implementation of the image compression standard JPEG-2000, Part 1. It consists of tools for conversion to and from the JP2 and JPC formats.

We can use yum to install jasper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jasper.x86_64.

Install jasper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install jasper.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jasper.x86_64

How To Uninstall jasper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the jasper.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove jasper.x86_64

jasper.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/imgcmp
/usr/bin/imginfo
/usr/bin/jasper
/usr/share/man/man1/imgcmp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imginfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jasper.1.gz

References

jasper.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jasper.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.