How To Install zbar on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar
on CentOS 7.
What is zbar
A layered barcode scanning and decoding library. Supports EAN, UPC, Code 128, Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5. Includes applications for decoding captured barcode images and using a video device (eg, webcam) as a barcode scanner.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install zbar
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zbar.
Install zbar on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install zbar
using yum
by running the following command:
Install zbar 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.
After updating yum database, We can install zbar
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall zbar on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the zbar
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.