How To Install zint-qt on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install zint-qt on Kali Linux. zint-qt is Zint Barcode Studio, a QT frontend to zint

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zint-qt on Kali Linux.

What is zint-qt

zint-qt 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 Studio, a QT frontend for the Zint barcode encoding library.

There are three methods to install zint-qt 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 zint-qt 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-qt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zint-qt

Install zint-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zint-qt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zint-qt

Install zint-qt 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.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install zint-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zint-qt

How To Uninstall zint-qt on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zint-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zint-qt

Uninstall zint-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zint-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zint-qt

Remove zint-qt Configurations and Data

To remove zint-qt configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zint-qt

Remove zint-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zint-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zint-qt

Dependencies

zint-qt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zint-qt package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.