How To Install zint on Fedora 34

zint is Barcode generator library Barcode generator library

Introduction

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

What is `zint`

Zint is a C library for encoding data in several barcode variants. The bundled command-line utility provides a simple interface to the library. Features of the library - Over 50 symbologies including all ISO/IEC standards, like QR codes. - Unicode translation for symbologies which support Latin-1 and Kanji character sets. - Full GS1 support including data verification and automated insertion of FNC1 characters. - Support for encoding binary data including NULL (ASCII 0) characters. - Health Industry Barcode (HIBC) encoding capabilities. - Output in PNG, EPS and SVG formats with user adjustable sizes and colors. - Verification stage for SBN, ISBN and ISBN-13 data. zint 2.9.1 1.fc34 x86_64 386 k zint-2.9.1-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Barcode generator library http GPLv3+ Zint is a C library for encoding data in several barcode variants. The bundled command-line utility provides a simple interface to the library. Features of the library - Over 50 symbologies including all ISO/IEC standards, like QR codes. - Unicode translation for symbologies which support Latin-1 and Kanji character sets. - Full GS1 support including data verification and automated insertion of FNC1 characters. - Support for encoding binary data including NULL (ASCII 0) characters. - Health Industry Barcode (HIBC) encoding capabilities. - Output in PNG, EPS and SVG formats with user adjustable sizes and colors. - Verification stage for SBN, ISBN and ISBN-13 data.

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

Install zint 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 zint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zint

Install zint 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 zint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zint

How To Uninstall zint on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove zint

zint Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/zint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/ac54bad77dc07715f5d05a2693ac43ac76ab20
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/ff856c5636217cbd778eb9ed031bfd35fc0d76
/usr/lib64/libzint.so.2.9
/usr/lib64/libzint.so.2.9.0
/usr/share/doc/zint
/usr/share/doc/zint/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/zint/README
/usr/share/doc/zint/TODO
/usr/share/doc/zint/manual.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/zint.1.gz
/usr/bin/zint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/a8035ebcd3be2be95260cc6cc13fab375d0c45
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/cecddc47c6876248cc12ab220b67e890fa50a9
/usr/lib/libzint.so.2.9
/usr/lib/libzint.so.2.9.0
/usr/share/doc/zint
/usr/share/doc/zint/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/zint/README
/usr/share/doc/zint/TODO
/usr/share/doc/zint/manual.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/zint.1.gz

References

[zint website](http://www.zint.org.uk http://www.zint.org.uk)

Summary

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