How To Install openjpeg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install openjpeg in Fedora 36. openjpeg is JPEG 2000 command line tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openjpeg on Fedora 36.

What is `openjpeg`

OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C. It has been developed in order to promote the use of JPEG 2000, the new still-image compression standard from the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG).

We can use yum or dnf to install openjpeg on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openjpeg.

Install openjpeg on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install openjpeg

Install openjpeg on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install openjpeg

How To Uninstall openjpeg on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove openjpeg

openjpeg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/extract_j2k_from_mj2
/usr/bin/frames_to_mj2
/usr/bin/image_to_j2k
/usr/bin/j2k_dump
/usr/bin/j2k_to_image
/usr/bin/mj2_to_frames
/usr/bin/wrap_j2k_in_mj2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/4b71bacb3baa73f5762342137f6975920d7a54
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/1539121df2e77adc0acb37e53083b15da17004
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/472b00c62adf8ab14c4ac1ee299e4674831b79
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/b6b0a8931318676b79f60b82b0f7e850b0ce02
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/5acaa4a41cb31c627b02a4637cf55e5f4fef21
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/6330e1a17251e4edea124318dbdbb6a686ae31
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/56fe653ffcdddd9e17c74e94d933879bc85c34
/usr/share/man/man1/image_to_j2k.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/j2k_dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/j2k_to_image.1.gz

References

openjpeg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openjpeg on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).