How To Install libopenjp2-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp2-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenjp2-tools
libopenjp2-tools is:
This package provides with command-line tools allowing for conversions between several formats and also provides tools for encoding and decoding motion-jpeg2000 video formats:
- opj_decompress: decodes j2k, jp2, and jpt files to pgm, ppm, pnm, pgx, and bmp.
- opj_compress: encodes pnm, pgm, pgx, bmp, and ppm files to j2k, and jp2.
- opj_dump: dump information contains in j2k and jp2.
- index_create: create jp2 with JPIP index file from a j2k file.
- frames_to_mj2: convert YUV video streams to mj2 format.
- mj2_to_frames: convert mj2 video streams to YUV format.
- wrap_j2k_in_mj2: wrap j2k codestreams into mj2 format.
- extract-j2k-from_mj2: extract j2k codestreams from the mj2 format.
There are three methods to install libopenjp2-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenjp2-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 libopenjp2-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenjp2-tools
Install libopenjp2-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenjp2-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenjp2-tools
Install libopenjp2-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenjp2-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenjp2-tools
How To Uninstall libopenjp2-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenjp2-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenjp2-tools
Uninstall libopenjp2-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenjp2-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenjp2-tools
Remove libopenjp2-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libopenjp2-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenjp2-tools
Remove libopenjp2-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenjp2-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenjp2-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp2-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
