How To Install ocrad on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocrad on Kali Linux. ocrad is optical character recognition program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocrad on Kali Linux.

What is ocrad

ocrad is:

GNU Ocrad is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program based on a feature extraction method. It reads a bitmap image in pgm/pbm format and produces text in byte (8-bit) or UTF-8 formats.

Ocrad includes a layout analyzer able to separate the columns or blocks of text normally found on printed pages.

This package includes the command-line tool.

There are three methods to install ocrad on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ocrad Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ocrad using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ocrad

Install ocrad Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ocrad using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ocrad

Install ocrad Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ocrad using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocrad

How To Uninstall ocrad on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ocrad package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ocrad

Uninstall ocrad And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ocrad and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocrad

Remove ocrad Configurations and Data

To remove ocrad configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocrad

Remove ocrad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ocrad configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocrad

Dependencies

ocrad have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocrad package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.