How To Install barcode on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install barcode on CentOS 7. barcode is generates barcodes from text strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install barcode on CentOS 7.

What is barcode

Barcode is meant to solve most needs in barcode creation with a conventional printer. It can create printouts for the conventional product tagging standards well as a few other formats. Ouput is generated as either Postscript or Encapsulated Postscript.

We can use yum or dnf to install barcode on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install barcode.

Install barcode on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install barcode

Install barcode on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install barcode

How To Uninstall barcode on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove barcode

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install barcode on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.