How To Install ocrmypdf-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocrmypdf-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ocrmypdf-doc
ocrmypdf-doc is:
OCRmyPDF generates a searchable PDF/A file from a regular PDF containing only images, allowing it to be searched.
It uses the Tesseract OCR engine and so supports all the languages that Tesseract does.
This package includes OCRmyPDF’s HTML documentation.
There are three methods to install ocrmypdf-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ocrmypdf-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ocrmypdf-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocrmypdf-doc
Install ocrmypdf-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocrmypdf-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocrmypdf-doc
Install ocrmypdf-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ocrmypdf-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocrmypdf-doc
How To Uninstall ocrmypdf-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ocrmypdf-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocrmypdf-doc
Uninstall ocrmypdf-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocrmypdf-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocrmypdf-doc
Remove ocrmypdf-doc Configurations and Data
To remove ocrmypdf-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocrmypdf-doc
Remove ocrmypdf-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocrmypdf-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocrmypdf-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocrmypdf-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
