How To Install libzxingcore-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzxingcore-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libzxingcore-dev
libzxingcore-dev is:
ZXing-C++ (“zebra crossing”) is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library implemented in C++.
It was originally ported from the Java ZXing library but has been developed further and now includes many improvements in terms of quality and performance. It can both read and write barcodes in a number of formats: QR Code, DataMatrix, Aztec, PDF417, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, DataBar/RSS, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Codabar, ITF.
This package provides development files for zxing-cpp library.
There are three methods to install libzxingcore-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libzxingcore-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libzxingcore-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzxingcore-dev
Install libzxingcore-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzxingcore-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzxingcore-dev
Install libzxingcore-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libzxingcore-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzxingcore-dev
How To Uninstall libzxingcore-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libzxingcore-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzxingcore-dev
Uninstall libzxingcore-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzxingcore-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzxingcore-dev
Remove libzxingcore-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzxingcore-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzxingcore-dev
Remove libzxingcore-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzxingcore-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzxingcore-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzxingcore-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.