How To Install zbar-gi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar-gi in Fedora 36. zbar-gi is Bar code reader GObject Introspection (GIR) Gtk bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar-gi on Fedora 36.

What is `zbar-gi`

This package contains a bar code scanning GObject Introspection (GIR) Gtk bindings, with allow the usage of ZBar with GUI support on any application compatible with GIR, like python3.

We can use yum or dnf to install zbar-gi on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zbar-gi.

Install zbar-gi on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install zbar-gi

Install zbar-gi on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install zbar-gi

How To Uninstall zbar-gi on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove zbar-gi

zbar-gi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/ZBar-1.0.typelib
/usr/share/gir-1.0
/usr/share/gir-1.0/ZBar-1.0.gir

References

zbar-gi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar-gi on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).