How To Install barcode on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 354 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install barcode on Ubuntu.
What is barcode
barcode is:
GNU-barcode can create printouts for the conventional product-tagging standards: UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN, and several others. Output is generated as either Postscript, Encapsulated Postscript, SVG, or PCL.
There are three methods to install barcode on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install barcode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install barcode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install barcode
Install barcode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install barcode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install barcode
Install barcode 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 barcode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install barcode
How To Uninstall barcode on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the barcode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove barcode
Uninstall barcode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall barcode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove barcode
Remove barcode Configurations and Data
To remove barcode configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge barcode
Remove barcode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove barcode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge barcode
Dependencies
barcode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install barcode package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.