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<P ALIGN=CENTER>Zint Barcode Generator</P>
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<H1>2. Installing Zint</H1>
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<P>These instructions relate to installing Zint on a GNU/Linux
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machine but should be the same or similar for other POSIX compliant
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systems (including UNIX and BSD based systems). Installation on
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Windows or MacOS based system should be possible but is not covered
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here.</P>
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<P>Zint is currently only available as source code. First download
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the source code .tar.gz file from <A HREF="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/zint">SourceForge</A>
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and unpack it. The package consists of two distinct parts: a <I>front
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end</I> which provides a command line interface, and a <I>back end</I>
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which provides an API which allows developers to integrate encoding
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into their own project. You will notice that the sorce code is
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suitably arranged into frontend and backend folders. The front end
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requires the back end to be installed, so the back end should be
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installed first.</P>
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<P><A NAME="BACKEND"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>2.1 Installing the back end</B></FONT></P>
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<P>The Zint back end, <I>libzint</I>, requires the libpng and libz
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libraries. The latest version of these libraries is available from
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<A HREF="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html">http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html</A>.
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Install these first before trying to install Zint. In addition, if
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you require QR Code support, Zint uses <I>libqrencode</I> which is
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available from
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<A HREF="http://megaui.net/fukuchi/works/qrencode/index.en.html">http://megaui.net/fukuchi/works/qrencode/index.en.html</A>.
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If you don't need QR Code support this can be disabled during
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compilation.</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal">To install libzint with QR Code support
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follow these steps</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>cd
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backend<BR>make<BR>make install</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal">If you do not want QR Code support use
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the following steps</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>cd
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backend<BR>make libzint_noqr<BR>make install</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P><BR><BR>
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</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><A NAME="FRONTEND"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>2.2
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Installing the front end</B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal">To install the front end follow these
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steps</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>cd
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frontend<BR>make<BR>make install</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P><BR><BR>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><A NAME="TESTING"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>2.3
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Testing the Installation</B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal">To test that the installation has been
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sucessful a shell script is included in the frontend folder. To run
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the test type</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>./test.sh</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal">This should create numerous files
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showing the many modes of operation which are available from Zint. If
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you get the following message...</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>zint:
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error while loading shared libraries: libzint.so: cannot open shared
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object file: No such file or directory</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal">try the following as root:</P>
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<P STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>ldconfig</FONT></FONT></P>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="introduction.html">Prev</A></P>
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<TD WIDTH=34%>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="index.html">Home</A></P>
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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="frontend.html">Next</A></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT>Introduction</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER> </P>
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<P ALIGN=RIGHT>Using the Front End</P>
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