How To Install jpegoptim on Fedora 34

jpegoptim is Utility to optimize JPEG files

Introduction

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

What is jpegoptim

Jpegoptim is an utility to optimize JPEG files. Provides lossless optimization (based on optimizing the Huffman tables) and “lossy” optimization based on setting maximum quality factor.

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

Install jpegoptim 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 jpegoptim using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jpegoptim

Install jpegoptim 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 jpegoptim using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jpegoptim

How To Uninstall jpegoptim on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove jpegoptim

jpegoptim Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/jpegoptim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/4bf0bced1ba0ee052cb7cd797c01bf12832ebb
/usr/share/doc/jpegoptim
/usr/share/doc/jpegoptim/README
/usr/share/licenses/jpegoptim
/usr/share/licenses/jpegoptim/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/jpegoptim/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man1/jpegoptim.1.gz

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Summary

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