How To Install zbar-gtk-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar-gtk-devel on CentOS 7. zbar-gtk-devel is Bar code reader GTK widget extra development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar-gtk-devel on CentOS 7.

What is zbar-gtk-devel

This package contains header files and additional libraries used for developing GUI applications based on GTK+-2.0 that include a bar code scanning widget.

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

Install zbar-gtk-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install zbar-gtk-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zbar-gtk-devel

Install zbar-gtk-devel 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 zbar-gtk-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zbar-gtk-devel

How To Uninstall zbar-gtk-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the zbar-gtk-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zbar-gtk-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zbar-gtk-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.