How To Install libjxr-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjxr-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libjxr-dev
libjxr-dev is:
JPEG XR is an approved ISO/IEC International standard (its official designation is ISO/IEC 29199-2).
JPEG XR started its life in Microsoft Research. It publicly first appeared as the HD Photo format in Windows Vista.
For web developers, JPEG XR has a large number of interesting features, see the table below. Some of these are big advantages over other image formats like JPEG, PNG, OpenEXR, and TIFF.
- Better Compression (40% smaller than JPEG)
- Lossless Mode (better compression than PNG)
- Alpha Channel (compress color lossy and alpha losslessly)
- Extended Bitdepth (supports 8-, 16-, and 32-bit/channel)
- Progressive Decode
- Advanced Decoding Features (tile-based layout, for efficient region-of-interest access.)
Provide the development files
There are three methods to install libjxr-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libjxr-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 libjxr-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjxr-dev
Install libjxr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjxr-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjxr-dev
Install libjxr-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 libjxr-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjxr-dev
How To Uninstall libjxr-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libjxr-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjxr-dev
Uninstall libjxr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjxr-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjxr-dev
Remove libjxr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libjxr-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjxr-dev
Remove libjxr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjxr-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjxr-dev
Dependencies
libjxr-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjxr-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.