{"id":2171,"date":"2013-11-08T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T06:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2013-11-08T06:55:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T06:55:11","slug":"qtqr-graphical-create-read-qr-codes-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/qtqr-graphical-create-read-qr-codes-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"QtQR: graphical tool to Create and Read QR codes in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/google-qr-code.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/google-qr-code.png\" alt=\"qr code google.com\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/google-qr-code.png 165w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/google-qr-code-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This tutorial shows you a graphical tool for generating and reading QR codes in Ubuntu Linux. It&#8217;s <b>QtQR<\/b>, a GUI front-end of qrencode made in Python &#038; Qt, which provides a simple and easy to user interface to encode <i>text, url, bookmark, Email, telephone number, phonebook, SMS, MMS, Geolocalization<\/i> and decode from image file or webcam.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2173\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/QtQR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2173\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/QtQR.jpg\" alt=\"QtQR QR code generator &amp; reader in Ubuntu 13.10\" width=\"520\" height=\"369\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/QtQR.jpg 520w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/QtQR-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">QtQR QR code generator &#038; reader in Ubuntu 13.10<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>What is QR code?<\/h3>\n<p>A Quick Response code is a two-dimensional pictographic code used for its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be made up of any kind of data (e.g., binary, alphanumeric, or Kanji symbols)<\/p>\n<h3>Install QtQR<\/h3>\n<p>This simple application is available in Ubuntu universe repository since Ubuntu 12.10. Just search for and install <code>qtqr<\/code> in Ubuntu Software Center (Works for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Linux Mint 14\/15\/16). <\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Elementary OS Luna, run commands below one by one in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to install this tool from PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qr-tools-developers\/qr-tools-stable\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install qtqr<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows you a graphical tool for generating and reading QR codes in Ubuntu Linux. 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