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
Updates to this page ultimate feed into the wrapper/ruby/README file that is distributed with the source package. If you are looking for information specific to an older release, please refer to this file as it exists in that package version.
