Compiling zbar on OSX

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Shai

If you’re trying to compile zbar the open source bar code reader on OS X with jpeg support and want to use the MacPorts jpeg lib, and getting this error 

checking for jpeg_read_header in -ljpeg... no
configure: error: in `/skroner/temp/zbar/zbar-0.10':
configure: error: unable to find libjpeg! ensure CFLAGS/LDFLAGS are set appropriately or configure --without-jpeg

you can use the following command line to get it working:

CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib" ./configure --disable-video --without-qt --without-python --without-gtk --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/local --with-jpeg=yes

it’s a cool program!

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1 Response to Compiling zbar on OSX

  1. zilla says:
    October 27, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    I found this to be really helpful. Too bad there’s no MacPorts package for this, even after somebody filed a ticket an entire year ago.

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