How To Install phpqrcode on Debian 10

Learn how to install phpqrcode on Debian 10 with this tutorial. phpqrcode is PHP library for generating two-dimensional barcodes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpqrcode on Debian 10.

What is phpqrcode

phpqrcode is:

PHP QR Code is a library for generating QR Codes, 2-dimensional barcodes. It is based on the libqrencode C library and provides an API for creating QR Code barcode images (PNG and JPEG).

Some of the library features include:

  • Supports QR Code versions (size) 1-40
  • Numeric, Alphanumeric, 8-bit and Kanji encoding.
  • Exports to PNG, JPEG images, also exports as bit-table
  • TCPDF 2-D barcode API integration
  • Easy to configure
  • Data cache for calculation speed-up
  • Debug data dump, error logging, time benchmarking

There are three methods to install phpqrcode on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install phpqrcode Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install phpqrcode using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install phpqrcode

Install phpqrcode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install phpqrcode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install phpqrcode

Install phpqrcode Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install phpqrcode using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpqrcode

How To Uninstall phpqrcode on Debian 10

To uninstall only the phpqrcode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phpqrcode

Uninstall phpqrcode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phpqrcode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpqrcode

Remove phpqrcode Configurations and Data

To remove phpqrcode configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phpqrcode

Remove phpqrcode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove phpqrcode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpqrcode

Dependencies

phpqrcode have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpqrcode package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.