I have close to no knowledge about java and could not have python-zxing working.
The README.md file states Initializing the barcode reader, you have to tell it where to find the ZXing core modules. It suggests /var/opt/zxing. However, there is no zxing directory in /var/opt after having followed the steps in Section "Usage".
After a few trials and error, I managed to run it by using the maven build directory:
I wanted to install zxing globaly or as user but don't know how to do it. I noticed though that there is something related to zxing in ~/.m2/repository/com/google/zxing (there is ~/.m2/repository/com/google/zxing/core/3.2.1/core-3.2.1.jar but no core.jar) and wanted to use it. What I tried (I tried all commented lines with the same results):
I have close to no knowledge about java and could not have python-zxing working.
The
README.md
file statesInitializing the barcode reader, you have to tell it where to find the ZXing core modules
. It suggests/var/opt/zxing
. However, there is nozxing
directory in/var/opt
after having followed the steps in Section "Usage".After a few trials and error, I managed to run it by using the maven build directory:
I wanted to install zxing globaly or as user but don't know how to do it. I noticed though that there is something related to zxing in
~/.m2/repository/com/google/zxing
(there is~/.m2/repository/com/google/zxing/core/3.2.1/core-3.2.1.jar
but nocore.jar
) and wanted to use it. What I tried (I tried all commented lines with the same results):I got:
I think it would be appropriate to give more details in the
README.md
file.