Jpegzilla

Jpegzilla is a simple, cross-platform and lightweight graphical user interface for MozJPEG written in Python & Tkinter.

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Building and running or installing

GNU/Linux

Arch Linux, Antergos, Manjaro

• Update system and install dependencies:
  sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-cx_freeze git
• Install MozJPEG from AUR or compile it from source: pacaur -S aur/mozjpeg or yay mozjpeg
• Download Jpegzilla from Github:
  For most recent version: git clone --single-branch -b master https://github.com/canimar/jpegzilla.git jpegzilla
  For delayed version: git clone --single-branch -b stable https://github.com/canimar/jpegzilla.git jpegzilla
• Enter the repository directory: cd jpegzilla
• Install all PIP dependencies: sudo -H pip install -r requirements.txt
• Build portable or install: python setup.py build sudo python setup.py install

The ready binary should be present in the newly created directory.

Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, elementaryOS

• Install dependencies: sudo apt install python3 python3-pip git zlib1g-dev python3-tk libtcl-8.6 libtk-8.6 python3-tktreectrl
• Compile MozJPEG from the source.
• Download Jpegzilla from Github:
  For most recent version: git clone --single-branch -b master https://github.com/canimar/jpegzilla.git jpegzilla
  For delayed version: git clone --single-branch -b stable https://github.com/canimar/jpegzilla.git jpegzilla
• Enter the repository directory: cd jpegzilla
• Install all PIP dependencies: sudo -H python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
• Install cx-Freeze: sudo -H python3 -m pip install cx-freeze
• Build portable or install: python3 setup.py build sudo python3 setup.py install

The ready binary should be present in the newly created directory.

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Windows

Windows 7, 8.1, 10

• Download and install Python 3.
• While installing make sure you have checked "Add Python to PATH", "pip" and "tcl/tk and IDLE"
• Download this repository, unzip it and open cmd.exe in it.
• Install Visual Studio: Windows 10 - Visual Studio 2017 / Windows 7, 8.1 - Visual Studio 2015
• Install all PIP dependencies: py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
• Install cx-Freeze: py -m pip install cx_freeze
• Run the build script: py setup.py build
• Download the MozJPEG binary or compile it for your own.
• Put the cjpeg.exe and dll libraries into a newly created directory next to jpegzilla.exe

The program is ready to use.

Windows XP, Vista

Since version 1.2.0-pre Jpegzilla requires at least Python 3.6 which doesn't support Windows XP and Vista.

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MacOS

I cannot release an instruction nor the binaries for MacOS for this moment.
If you're interested in helping me with optimizing this software under MacOS, please send me an e-mail.