How To Install libjpeg-turbo on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg-turbo on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libjpeg-turbo

The libjpeg-turbo package contains a library of functions for manipulating JPEG images.

We can use yum or dnf to install libjpeg-turbo on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libjpeg-turbo.

Install libjpeg-turbo on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libjpeg-turbo

Install libjpeg-turbo on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libjpeg-turbo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libjpeg-turbo

How To Uninstall libjpeg-turbo on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libjpeg-turbo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libjpeg-turbo

libjpeg-turbo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/d87ec881ed07292d0929ad6f4b09a811d5a426
/usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62
/usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo/README.ijg
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/de905f57208e771f45817fba4b6ae7116dc3ad
/usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62
/usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo/ChangeLog.md
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo/README.ijg
/usr/share/doc/libjpeg-turbo/README.md

References

• libjpeg-turbo website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg-turbo on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.