How To Install libzbar-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzbar-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libzbar-dev
libzbar-dev is:
ZBar is a library for scanning and decoding bar codes from various sources such as video streams, image files or raw intensity sensors. It supports EAN-13/UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5 and QR Code.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libzbar-dev
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libzbar-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libzbar-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libzbar-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libzbar-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libzbar-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libzbar-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libzbar-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libzbar-dev
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libzbar-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzbar-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libzbar-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzbar-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libzbar-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzbar-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libzbar-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzbar-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.