How To Install ocrfeeder on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ocrfeeder

ocrfeeder is:

OCRFeeder is a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

Given the images it will automatically outline its contents, distinguish between what’s graphics and text and perform OCR over the latter. It generates multiple formats being its main one ODT.

It features a complete GTK+ graphical user interface that allows the users to correct any unrecognized characters, defined or correct bounding boxes, set paragraph styles, clean the input images, import PDFs, save and load the project, export everything to multiple formats, etc.

There are three methods to install ocrfeeder 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 ocrfeeder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ocrfeeder

Install ocrfeeder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ocrfeeder

Install ocrfeeder 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 ocrfeeder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocrfeeder

How To Uninstall ocrfeeder on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ocrfeeder

Uninstall ocrfeeder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocrfeeder

Remove ocrfeeder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ocrfeeder

Remove ocrfeeder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocrfeeder

Dependencies

ocrfeeder have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• ocrfeeder website

Summary

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