How To Install jbig2dec on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jbig2dec.
Install jbig2dec on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jbig2dec using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install jbig2dec
Install jbig2dec on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install jbig2dec using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install jbig2dec
How To Uninstall jbig2dec on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the jbig2dec package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove jbig2dec
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
