System Requirements

Before installing Barcode Xpress for Node.js, make sure your computer system meets these minimum requirements:

x86_64 architecture
Node.js versions 10, 12, 14 and npm
JRE 1.8 or later (to run License Manager and Server Licensing Utility)

Check the Version

To check the version of nodejs and java on your machine, use the following code from a Linux terminal:

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$ node -v $ java -version

Operating Systems

Barcode Xpress for Node.js is supported on x64 Windows operating systems of the following versions:

Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2012 (and R2)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019

Barcode Xpress for Node.js is supported on x64 Linux operating systems of the following versions:

Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 20.04
CentOS 7
CentOS 8
Debian 9
Debian 10

Although it may run, it is not supported on earlier operating system versions (for example, Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 7).

On CentOS 8 operating system, Barcode Xpress License Manager may not work since some cryptographic protocols are disabled by default. In this case, to install a license on the local computer, required mode can be enabled with the following command (run it as a root):

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update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY

After installing the license, default mode can be enabled with the command:

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update-crypto-policies --set DEFAULT

See command description:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/security_hardening/using-the-system-wide-cryptographic-policies_security-hardening

It should also run on other Linux distributions, as long as they fully satisfy the requirements listed in this section.