In this short article I will show you how to use the libdecodeqr-examples tool for scanning QR codes, and of cource, how to install libdecodeqr-examples on Ubuntu 12.04/12.10, Linux Mint 13/14 and Debian Sid.
QR codes can be also decoded with ZBAR. Read here more about ZBAR here.
The libdecodeqr-examples tool is in the default repositories from the Linux distros I have just mentioned.
Installing libdecodeqr-examples on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian:
To install it just type, in your terminal: sudo apt-get install libdecodeqr-examples
To decode a QR code, we use libdecodeqr-simpletest, from the libdecodeqr-examples package.
Starting the QR decode:
libdecodeqr-simpletest picture.png will decode the picture.png file.
$ libdecodeqr-simpletest picture.png
libdecodeqr version 0.9.3 ($Rev: 42 $)
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