How To Install jbig2dec-libs on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec-libs on AlmaLinux 8.
What is jbig2dec-libs
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 provides the shared jbig2dec library.
We can use yum or dnf to install jbig2dec-libs on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jbig2dec-libs.
Install jbig2dec-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install jbig2dec-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install jbig2dec-libs
Install jbig2dec-libs on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install jbig2dec-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install jbig2dec-libs
How To Uninstall jbig2dec-libs on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the jbig2dec-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove jbig2dec-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jbig2dec-libs on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.