# Install jasper with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, apt, winget, zypper Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 images. Version 4.2.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:jasper ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install jasper ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install jasper ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/jasper/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add jasper ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jasper from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install jasper ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jasper from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#jasper ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ja/jasper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S jasper ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: jasper from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install jasper ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: jasper from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install jasper ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jasper from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/jasper ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jasper.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id jasperapp.jasper -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: jasperapp.jasper from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:jasper - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.2.9 - **Source summary:** Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 images - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** JasPer-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - imgcmp (cli) - imginfo (cli) - jasper (cli) - imgcmp (alias) - imginfo (alias) - jasper (alias) ## Dependencies - jpeg-turbo ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.2.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jasper-software/jasper - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage JasPer is a C library and set of utilities for JPEG 2000 and related image formats. It began as a free reference implementation for the JPEG 2000 Part 1 codec and later grew into a more general image coding and processing toolkit. ### Project history The JasPer project was written by Michael D. Adams during doctoral work at the University of British Columbia while he was involved in JPEG 2000 standardization, including service as a co-editor of Part 5 of the standard. Work began in September 1999, and source code was released to the public in December 2000. JasPer was published in JPEG 2000 Part 5 as a reference implementation of the Part 1 codec. The project documentation says its scope expanded from a reference codec into a toolkit for handling image data in a variety of applications. ### Adoption history The project site lists a broad set of downstream users and integrations, including KDE, OpenCV, Ghostscript, ImageMagick, Netpbm, XnView, GraphicsMagick, and other graphics or imaging tools. Its package-manager footprint in the input spans Homebrew, Linux distributions, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and winget, which matches the library-plus-CLI role described by its documentation. ### How it is used JasPer provides a library and sample programs such as jasper, imginfo, and imgcmp for converting, inspecting, and comparing image data. Its documentation emphasizes JPEG 2000 JP2 and codestream support, while the software overview also notes use of the IJG JPEG library for JPEG support and graphics libraries selected for cross-platform availability. ### Why package nerds care JasPer matters to package nerds because it sits at the intersection of standards work, reference-code licensing, and distribution policy. A small image library with command-line utilities became embedded in many larger graphics stacks, making it the kind of package that appears as an indirect dependency far more often than users knowingly install it. ### Timeline - 1999: Work on JasPer begins. - 2000: JasPer source code is released to the public. - 2000: Adams and Kossentini publish a paper on JasPer as a software-based JPEG 2000 codec implementation. - 2004: Adams and Ward publish a paper describing JasPer as a portable open-source image coding and processing toolkit. - 2016: JasPer moves from a private Subversion repository to a public GitHub Git repository. - 2020: The GitHub repository moves from Michael Adams's account to the jasper-software organization. ### Related projects - JasPer is related to JPEG 2000, ISO/IEC 15444-1, ISO/IEC 15444-5, IJG JPEG, OpenJPEG, ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, Ghostscript, KDE, OpenCV, and Netpbm. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** jasper - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - jasper: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ja/jasper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - jasper - 0.69build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: jasper from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Configure a preinstalled ext2/3 system image - apk - jasper - 4.2.9-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jasper from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Software-based implementation of the codec specified in the emerging JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard | https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/ - apk - jasper-dev - 4.2.9-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jasper-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Software-based implementation of the codec specified in the emerging JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard (development files) | https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/ - apk - jasper-doc - 4.2.9-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jasper-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Software-based implementation of the codec specified in the emerging JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard (documentation) | https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/ - dnf - jasper - 4.2.8-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jasper from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Implementation of the JPEG-2000 standard, Part 1 | http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/ - dnf - jasper-devel - 4.2.8-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jasper-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Header files, libraries and developer documentation | http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/ - dnf - jasper-libs - 4.2.8-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jasper-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Runtime libraries for jasper | http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/ - dnf - jasper-utils - 4.2.8-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jasper-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Nonessential utilities for jasper | http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/ - pacman - jasper - 4.2.9-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: jasper from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Software-based implementation of the codec specified in the emerging JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard | https://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/ - zypper - jasper - 4.2.9-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: jasper from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | An Implementation of the JPEG-2000 Standard, Part 1 | https://jasper-software.github.io/jasper - zypper - libjasper-devel - 4.2.9-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjasper-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libjasper, a JPEG-2000 library | https://jasper-software.github.io/jasper - zypper - libjasper7 - 4.2.9-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjasper7 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | JPEG-2000 library | https://jasper-software.github.io/jasper - zypper - libjasper7-32bit - 4.2.9-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libjasper7-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | JPEG-2000 library | https://jasper-software.github.io/jasper - MacPorts - jasper: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/jasper/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/jasper: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/jasper.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - 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