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jasper


Information about the package, jasper, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The jasper package is designed for, Implementation of the JPEG-2000 standard, Part 1.


Package Name:

jasper

Summary:

Implementation of the JPEG-2000 standard, Part 1

Description:

This package contains an implementation of the image compression standard JPEG-2000, Part 1. It consists of tools for conversion to and from the JP2 and JPC formats.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.900.1

Release:

21.el6_9

Size:

23 k

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

JasPer



Handy Yum Commands for jasper


Control the jasper package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install jasper

This command will install jasper on the server.

yum remove jasper

This command will un-install jasper on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jasper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove jasper

This command will un-install jasper on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove jasper when using the -y flag.

yum update jasper

This command will update jasper to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove jasper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update jasper

This command will update jasper to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove jasper when using the -y flag.

yum info jasper

This command will show you core information about the jasper package.

yum deplist jasper

This command will show you the dependencies for jasper. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update jasper

This command will check if there is an update waiting on jasper. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.