How to install pyocr via python pip

pyocr - A Python wrapper for OCR engines (Tesseract, Cuneiform, etc), it belongs to Classifiers:

- License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
- Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
- Topic :: Multimedia
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Scanners
- Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion
- Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Image Recognition

When you know about this project and you want to new install pyocr to support your project or you get trouble as ModuleNotFoundError: No module named "pyocr" or ImportError: cannot import name "pyocr" in your project, let follow this tutorial to install pyocr

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip --version

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip --version

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date:

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

Optional - If you want to install in virtual environment:

In Windows (CMD):

- Install virtualenv - if you installed it, please ignore

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

- Create a virtual environment

py -m venv test_pyocr_env

- Active the virtual environment

test_pyocr_env\Scripts\active

In Unix/macOS:

- Install virtualenv - if you installed it, please ignore

pip3 install virtualenv

- Create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv test_pyocr_env

- Active the virtual environment

source test_pyocr_env/bin/active

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation pyocr

To install pyocr on Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install pyocr

To install pyocr on Unix/macOs:

pip install pyocr

Step 3: If you want to install a specific pyocr version, add ==<pyocr version> to the end command line

Example:

pip install pyocr==0.1.2

Please see the version list below table:

Version	Released date	Command
pyocr 0.8.3	2022-06-26T12:18:42	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.8.3` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.8.3`
pyocr 0.8.2	2022-04-15T12:52:48	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.8.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.8.2`
pyocr 0.8.1	2021-12-05T21:58:57	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.8.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.8.1`
pyocr 0.8	2021-01-01T16:01:07	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.8` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.8`
pyocr 0.7.2	2019-06-22T18:12:05	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.7.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.7.2`
pyocr 0.7.1	2019-06-22T18:07:51	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.7.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.7.1`
pyocr 0.7	2019-05-11T22:46:01	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.7` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.7`
pyocr 0.6	2019-02-18T21:01:06	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.6` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.6`
pyocr 0.5.3	2018-09-04T11:25:30	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.5.3` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.5.3`
pyocr 0.5.2	2018-07-25T20:02:32	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.5.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.5.2`
pyocr 0.5.1	2018-03-01T12:49:46	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.5.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.5.1`
pyocr 0.5	2017-12-14T20:43:27	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.5` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.5`
pyocr 0.4.7	2017-05-13T15:01:11	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.7` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.7`
pyocr 0.4.6	2017-01-26T15:02:01	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.6` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.6`
pyocr 0.4.5	2017-01-10T15:31:54	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.5` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.5`
pyocr 0.4.4	2016-12-08T09:34:21	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.4` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.4`
pyocr 0.4.3	2016-12-06T14:06:44	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.3` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.3`
pyocr 0.4.2	2016-10-04T23:29:54	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.2`
pyocr 0.4.1	2016-04-06T12:37:49	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.1`
pyocr 0.4.0	2016-03-13T15:56:23	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.4.0` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.4.0`
pyocr 0.3.1	2015-09-10T09:43:06	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.3.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.3.1`
pyocr 0.3.0	2015-01-12T08:30:29	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.3.0` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.3.0`
pyocr 0.2.4	2014-08-13T11:55:41	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.2.4` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.2.4`
pyocr 0.2.3	2014-03-20T20:42:39	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.2.3` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.2.3`
pyocr 0.2.2	2013-11-05T18:36:23	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.2.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.2.2`
pyocr 0.2.1	2013-08-22T10:59:00	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.2.1` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.2.1`
pyocr 0.2.0	2013-08-18T21:33:42	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.2.0` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.2.0`
pyocr 0.1.2	2013-05-19T17:52:14	Windows: `py -m pip install pyocr==0.1.2` Unix/macOs: `pip install pyocr==0.1.2`

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install pyocr from local archives:

Download the distribution file from pyocr-0.8.3.tar.gz or the specific pyocr version in the below list of distribution

After that, install by command:

On Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install <path_to_pyocr_downloaded_file>

On Unix/macOs:

pip install <path_to_pyocr_downloaded_file>

List distribution:

Project link:

- Homepage

How to install pyocr via python pip

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation pyocr

Step 3: If you want to install a specific pyocr version, add ==<pyocr version> to the end command line

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install pyocr from local archives:

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