How To Install jbig2dec on Fedora 34

jbig2dec is A decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec on Fedora 34.

What is jbig2dec

jbig2dec is a decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format. JBIG2 is designed for lossy or lossless encoding of ‘bilevel’ (1-bit monochrome) images at moderately high resolution, and in particular scanned paper documents. In this domain it is very efficient, offering compression ratios on the order of 100

We can use yum or dnf to install jbig2dec on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jbig2dec.

Install jbig2dec 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 jbig2dec using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jbig2dec

Install jbig2dec 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 jbig2dec using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jbig2dec

How To Uninstall jbig2dec on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the jbig2dec package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove jbig2dec

jbig2dec Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/jbig2dec
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/8da539c6290bc9e58dd57b48fd5a940e166a60
/usr/share/doc/jbig2dec
/usr/share/doc/jbig2dec/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/jbig2dec/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/jbig2dec/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/jbig2dec/README
/usr/share/man/man1/jbig2dec.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.