How To Install jbig2dec-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec-devel on CentOS 7. jbig2dec-devel is Static library and header files for development with jbig2dec

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec-devel on CentOS 7.

What is jbig2dec-devel

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 This package is only needed if you plan to develop or compile applications which requires the jbig2dec library.

We can use yum or dnf to install jbig2dec-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jbig2dec-devel.

Install jbig2dec-devel 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-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jbig2dec-devel

Install jbig2dec-devel 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-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jbig2dec-devel

How To Uninstall jbig2dec-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove jbig2dec-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.