How To Install libqrcodegen1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqrcodegen1 on Debian 12.
What is libqrcodegen1
libqrcodegen1 is:
This project aims to be the best, clearest QR Code generator library in multiple languages. The primary goals are flexible options and absolute correctness. Secondary goals are compact implementation size and good documentation comments. Core features:
- Available in 7 programming languages, all with nearly equal functionality: Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C++, C, Rust
- Significantly shorter code but more documentation comments compared to competing libraries
- Supports encoding all 40 versions (sizes) and all 4 error correction levels, as per the QR Code Model 2 standard
- Output formats: Raw modules/pixels of the QR symbol (all languages), SVG XML string (all languages except C), BufferedImage raster bitmap (Java only), HTML5 canvas (JavaScript and TypeScript only)
- Encodes numeric and special-alphanumeric text in less space than general text
- Open source code under the permissive MIT License
This package contains the shared library in C.
There are three methods to install libqrcodegen1 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libqrcodegen1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqrcodegen1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqrcodegen1
Install libqrcodegen1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqrcodegen1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqrcodegen1
Install libqrcodegen1 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 libqrcodegen1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqrcodegen1
How To Uninstall libqrcodegen1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libqrcodegen1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqrcodegen1
Uninstall libqrcodegen1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqrcodegen1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqrcodegen1
Remove libqrcodegen1 Configurations and Data
To remove libqrcodegen1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqrcodegen1
Remove libqrcodegen1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqrcodegen1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqrcodegen1
Dependencies
libqrcodegen1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqrcodegen1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
