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  1. install zbar on windows with include and library files

  2. make sure mingw installed and bin directory added to the path

  3. in PYTHONPATH\Lib\distutils, create a file distutils.cfg and add two lines:

    [build]

    compiler=mingw32

  4. get dll lib and include file from ftp://sourceware.org/pub/pthreads-win32/dll-latest copy files to PATH_MINGW32/[lib,bin,include] separately, just need file name like pthreadGC2 and remember to chang the name to libpthread

  5. change or add lines in setup.py:

    extra_compile_args=['-std=c99', '-IPATH_TO\ZBar\include', '-lPATH_TO\ZBar\lib'],

    extra_link_args=["PATH_TO\ZBar\lib\libzbar.dll.a"],

    remove line libraries=['zbar'],

  6. run python setup.py install

@jhgalino
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jhgalino commented Apr 2, 2018

how to step 4?

@PopeSo
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PopeSo commented Apr 21, 2018

when i following these instructions i have the same problem as @mattm401
error: command 'c:\mingw\bin\gcc.exe' failed with exit status 1
so what should i do for this issue?

@stupid-venky
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Can someone please clearly say me the steps to install " Zbarlight " in windows . Cause I'm trying it for long time but I can't able to fix it.

@stupid-venky
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Can some one help me to install zbar light in windows ?

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ruvi-d commented Nov 12, 2020

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@ruvi-d I created a whl file, then ran pip install zbarlight-3.1.dev0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl, but when I add import zbarlight I get an error - ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _zbarlight: The specified module could not be found.

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