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Install our data-capture-sdk skill so your coding agent can answer questions about Scandit products and recommend the right one for your use case, directly from your editor. More info →

Run this in a terminal in your project directory, then follow the instructions to select your coding agent.

npx skills add https://github.com/scandit/skills --skill data-capture-sdk

Your coding agent loads the skill automatically based on your prompt; to invoke it explicitly, call /data-capture-sdk followed by your task.

Sample Programs

This page provides a list of sample programs that demonstrate how to use the Scandit Data Capture SDK for C / Linux.

All sample applications are contained the samples directory of the SDK package.

Prerequisites​

Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites in place for the relevant samples:

Scanner Samples​

Requires Video4Linux2 for camera access, install it with:

$ sudo apt-get install libv4l-dev`

Image Processing Samples​

If using C, requires SDL2 for loading images, install it with:

$ sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev

If using Python3, requires SDL2 for python3 also for image loading, install it with:

$ sudo apt-get install python3-sdl2

Barcode Generator Sample​

Requires libpng for generating the output image, install it with:

$ sudo apt-get install libpng-dev

License Key​

You must insert your license key to all sample source files before compiling and running them. Sign up for a free trial if you don't already have a license key.

Running the Samples​

To run the samples, follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal and navigate to the SDK package directory.
  2. Compile the samples. 
    $ cd samples
    $ make
  3. Execute the desired sample program, for example: 
    $ ./CommandLineBarcodeScannerImageProcessingSample ean13-code.png