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* PLEASE NOTE: This is just a simple guide to getting Zint working. *
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* More complete documentation is available from the project website: *
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* >>> http://www.zint.org.uk <<< *
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The easiest way to configure compilation is to take advantage of the CMake
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utilities. You will need to install CMake first. If no Qt libraries are
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installed then CMake will not attempt to build the Zint Barcode Studio
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GUI. Similarly if libpng is not detected then CMake will not attempt to
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compile PNG image support. This method is recommened in most cases, the
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notable exception being MinGW.
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Once CMake is installed follow these steps:
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cd build
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cmake ..
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make
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make install
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The command line program can be accessed by typing:
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zint {options} -d {data}
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Notice that the data needs to be entered after all other options. Any options
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given after the data will be ignored. The GUI can be accessed by typing:
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zint-qt
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The MakeFile Method:
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MakeFiles are provided for some systems although this method is now
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deprecated. It compiles and installs the library and CLI only. If you have
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installed Zint using this method before please note that the binaries will
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now install to a different location than version 2.3.0 or earlier (/usr/bin
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rather than /usr/local/bin and /usr/lib rather than /usr/local/lib). This
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makes installation easier on Red Hat based systems (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora
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etc.) and on BSD-like systems (FreeBSD, OpenBSD etc.) and is more correctly
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in line with the LSB.
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*** UNINSTALL ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF ZINT BEFORE USING THIS METHOD ***
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To compile using this method simply run:
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make
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make install
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If compiling on MinGW substitute the Makefile.mingw files for the default
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Makefiles in both the /frontend and /backend folders.
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MS Windows:
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Compiling on Cygwin and MinGW are covered above. Compiling with MS Visual
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Studio is more involved! Full instructions are currently not ready for
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publication but will be placed on the project website as soon as possible.
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Mac OSX:
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Efforts are currently under way to ease compiling on OSX using the CMake
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method. It may be possible to compile Zint using methods similar to those
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given above, but this has not been thoroughly tested yet. If you have any
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success with compiling Zint on OSX then please get in touch. An install
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binary for OSX is also in development.
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