JxrDecApp command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix JxrDecApp command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

JxrDecApp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: JxrDecApp: command not found

Solutions to JxrDecApp: command not found

How To Fix JxrDecApp: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu JxrDecApp is provided by libjxr-tools package.

libjxr-tools 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.)

Provides command line tools for JPEG XR libs (JxrDecApp & JxrEncApp)

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install libjxr-tools

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install libjxr-tools.

sudo apt -y install libjxr-tools

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install libjxr-tools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix JxrDecApp command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.