Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.9

Chapter 10. Graphics and Font Libraries

OpenJPEG-1.5.2

Introduction to OpenJPEG

OpenJPEG is an open-source implementation of the JPEG-2000 standard. OpenJPEG fully respects the JPEG-2000 specifications and can compress/decompress lossless 16-bit images.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.9 platform.

Package Information

OpenJPEG Dependencies

Optional

Little CMS-2.7, libpng-1.6.21, LibTIFF-4.0.6 and Doxygen-1.8.11 (to build the API documentation)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/openjpeg

Installation of OpenJPEG

Install OpenJPEG by running the following commands: 

autoreconf -f -i &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

This package does not come with a testsuite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This prevents the static library from being built.

Contents

Installed Programs: image_to_j2k, j2k_dump and j2k_to_image
Installed Libraries: libopenjpeg.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/openjpeg-1.5 and /usr/share/doc/openjpeg-1.5

Short Descriptions

image_to_j2k

converts various image formats to the jpeg2000 format.

j2k_dump

reads in a jpeg2000 image and dumps the contents to stdout.

j2k_to_image

converts jpeg2000 images to other image types.

Last updated on 2016-02-24 00:06:22 -0800