How to install libmozjpeg on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL

MozJPEG, the improved JPEG encoder. Drop-in library

License: BSD https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg

Availability

Distro	aarch64	noarch	x86_64	Version
RHEL 10	✓	—	✓	3.3.1
RHEL 9	✓	—	✓	3.3.1
RHEL 8	✓	—	✓	3.3.1
RHEL 7	✓	—	✓	3.3.1
RHEL 6	—	—	✓	3.3.1

Description

libmozjpeg reduces file sizes of JPEG images while retaining quality and compatibility with the vast majority of the world's deployed decoders. libmozjpeg is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, and ARM systems. On such systems, libmozjpeg is generally 2-4x as fast as libjpeg, all else being equal. On other types of systems, libmozjpeg can still outperform libjpeg by a significant amount, by virtue of its highly-optimized Huffman coding routines. In many cases, the performance of libmozjpeg rivals that of proprietary high-speed JPEG codecs. libmozjpeg implements both the traditional libjpeg API as well as the less powerful but more straightforward TurboJPEG API. libmozjpeg also features colorspace extensions that allow it to compress from/decompress to 32-bit and big-endian pixel buffers (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), as well as a full-featured Java interface. libmozjpeg was forked from libjpeg-turbo.

Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.

Install

libmozjpeg on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8, 9, 10

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install libmozjpeg

libmozjpeg on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install libmozjpeg

libmozjpeg on CentOS / RHEL 6

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install libmozjpeg

Frequently asked questions

How do I install libmozjpeg on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install libmozjpeg (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.

Which Enterprise Linux versions is libmozjpeg available for?

libmozjpeg is available for RHEL 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.

Is libmozjpeg compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?

Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.