How to Install libjpeg-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libjpeg-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libjpeg-dev software package provides Independent JPEG Groups JPEG runtime library (dependency package), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev 

libjpeg-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libjpeg-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libjpeg-dev *

You will get with libjpeg-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libjpeg-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libjpeg-dev
Version 8c-2ubuntu8
Description Independent JPEG Groups JPEG runtime library (dependency package)
Sub Section Devel


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