read_zbar command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

read_zbar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: read_zbar: command not found

Solutions to read_zbar: command not found

How To Fix read_zbar: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu read_zbar is provided by python3-pyzbar package.

python3-pyzbar is:

Reads one dimensional barcodes and QR codes using libzbar. Works with PIL / Pillow images, OpenCV / numpy ndarrays and raw bytes. Decodes locations of barcodes.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyzbar

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install python3-pyzbar.

sudo apt -y install python3-pyzbar

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install python3-pyzbar

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix read_zbar command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.