How To Install libjxl-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install libjxl-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libjxl-tools is JPEG XL Image Coding System - JXL (command line utility)

Introduction

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

What is libjxl-tools

libjxl-tools 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 the command line utilities.

There are three methods to install libjxl-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjxl-tools

Install libjxl-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjxl-tools

Install libjxl-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjxl-tools

How To Uninstall libjxl-tools on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libjxl-tools

Uninstall libjxl-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjxl-tools

Remove libjxl-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjxl-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjxl-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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