How To Install zbar on Fedora 34

zbar is Bar code reader Bar code reader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar on Fedora 34.

What is zbar

ZBar Bar Code Reader is an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, such as video streams, image files and raw intensity sensors. It supports EAN-13/UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, QR Code and SQ Code. zbar 0.23 8.fc34 x86_64 166 k zbar-0.23-8.fc34.src.rpm fedora Bar code reader http LGPLv2+ ZBar Bar Code Reader is an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, such as video streams, image files and raw intensity sensors. It supports EAN-13/UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 93, Code 39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, QR Code and SQ Code.

We can use yum or dnf to install zbar on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zbar.

Install zbar on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install zbar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zbar

Install zbar on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install zbar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zbar

How To Uninstall zbar on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove zbar

zbar Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.linuxtv.Zbar.conf
/usr/bin/zbarcam
/usr/bin/zbarimg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/1fa2179caab0aadde84c885aa1e9ab61cf885d
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/44b995e767ae91b3af6a73e3915afbf233bdcb
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/1165fcff7ac036b8812844f8fc0e19dcf70567
/usr/lib/libzbar.so.0
/usr/lib/libzbar.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/zbar
/usr/share/doc/zbar/INSTALL.md
/usr/share/doc/zbar/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/zbar/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/zbar
/usr/share/licenses/zbar/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/zbar/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/zbarcam.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zbarimg.1.gz
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.linuxtv.Zbar.conf
/usr/bin/zbarcam
/usr/bin/zbarimg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/e5bc400fed53d85e038aa4086134f19e8de265
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/c264495b709d843c16cb625992907af182564c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/27c09b729b3d2f2c4320a0025c65926639d703
/usr/lib64/libzbar.so.0
/usr/lib64/libzbar.so.0.3.0
/usr/share/doc/zbar
/usr/share/doc/zbar/INSTALL.md
/usr/share/doc/zbar/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/zbar/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/zbar
/usr/share/licenses/zbar/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/zbar/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/man/man1/zbarcam.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zbarimg.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.