How To Install zint on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zint on Debian 12.
What is zint
zint is:
Zint is a barcode encoding and image generating library. It currently features support for over 50 symbologies including Australian Post 4-state codes (redirect, reply-paid, routing, standard customer), Aztec Code (ISO 24778), Aztec Runes, Channel code, Codabar, Code 11, Code 128 (ISO 15417), Code 16k, Code 2 of 5 (Data Logic, IATA, Industrial, Interleaved, Matrix), Code 32 (Italian Pharmacode), Code 39 (ISO 16388), Code 39 Extended, Code 49, Code 93, Code One, Databar (Expanded, Expanded Stacked, Limited, Stacked Omnidirectional), Data Matrix (ISO 16022), Deutsche Post (Identicode, Leitcode), Dutch Post KIX, EAN-14, European Article Number (EAN), Facing Identification Mark (FIM), Flattermarken, Grid Matrix, ITF-14, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), Japanese Postal Barcode, Korean Postal Barcode, LOGMARS, Maxicode (ISO 16023), MicroPDF417 (ISO 24728), Micro QR Code, MSI Plessey, NVE-18, PDF417 (ISO 15438), Pharmacode (2-track, Zentralnummer (PZN)), PLANET, Postnet, QR Code (ISO 18004), Royal Mail 4-state Barcode, Telepen, Telepen Numeric, UK Plessey, Universal Product Code (UPC-A, UPC-E), USPS Intelligent Mail as well as HIBC.
Also included are Unicode translation for symbologies which support Latin-1 and Kanji character sets, full GS1 data support including verification and automated insertion of FNC1 characters and support for encoding binary data including NULL (ASCII 0) characters.
This package contains Zint Barcode Generator (command-line utility).
There are three methods to install zint 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 zint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zint
Install zint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zint
Install zint 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 zint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zint
How To Uninstall zint on Debian 12
To uninstall only the zint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zint
Uninstall zint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zint
Remove zint Configurations and Data
To remove zint configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zint
Remove zint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zint
Dependencies
zint have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zint package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.