libdmtx Ruby Wrapper

1. libdmtx Installation

libdmtx must be installed on your system before trying to install and run the Ruby wrapper. Refer to the General Instructions for this.

2. RMagick Installation

In addition to libdmtx, the libdmtx Ruby wrapper also relies on RMagick, available at

3. libdmtx-ruby Installation

$ ruby extconf.rb --with-dmtx-dir=/same/path/as/libdmtx
$ make clean
$ make

4. Usage

Once the plug-in is built, you can toy around with the "test.rb" sample script. It demonstrates both reading and writing.

Reading:

$ ruby test.rb /path/to/an/image.file

Writing:

$ ruby test.rb

It will write something to "output.png".

5. Anything Else?

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6. This Document

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