How To Install qrencode.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install qrencode.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. qrencode.x86_64 is Generate QR 2D barcodes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qrencode.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `qrencode.x86_64`

Qrencode is a utility software using libqrencode to encode string data in a QR Code and save as a PNG image.

We can use yum to install qrencode.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qrencode.x86_64.

Install qrencode.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install qrencode.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qrencode.x86_64

How To Uninstall qrencode.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the qrencode.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove qrencode.x86_64

qrencode.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/qrencode
/usr/share/man/man1/qrencode.1.gz

References

qrencode.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qrencode.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.