How To Install libjxl-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libjxl-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libjxl-dev is JPEG XL Image Coding System - JXL (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjxl-dev on Debian 12.

What is libjxl-dev

libjxl-dev is:

The JPEG XL Image Coding System (ISO/IEC 18181) is a lossy and lossless image compression format. It has a rich feature set and is particularly optimized for responsive web environments, so that content renders well on a wide range of devices. Moreover, it includes several features that help transition from the legacy JPEG format.

This package installs development files.

There are three methods to install libjxl-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjxl-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjxl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjxl-dev

Install libjxl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjxl-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjxl-dev

Install libjxl-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libjxl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjxl-dev

How To Uninstall libjxl-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libjxl-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjxl-dev

Uninstall libjxl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjxl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjxl-dev

Remove libjxl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libjxl-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjxl-dev

Remove libjxl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjxl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjxl-dev

Dependencies

libjxl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjxl-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.