How To Install tesseract-ocr-fil on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tesseract-ocr-fil on Kali Linux. tesseract-ocr-fil is tesseract-ocr language files for Filipino

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tesseract-ocr-fil on Kali Linux.

What is tesseract-ocr-fil

tesseract-ocr-fil is:

Tesseract is an open source Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Engine. It can be used directly, or (for programmers) using an API to extract printed text from images. This package contains the data needed for processing images in Filipino language.

There are three methods to install tesseract-ocr-fil 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 tesseract-ocr-fil Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tesseract-ocr-fil

Install tesseract-ocr-fil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tesseract-ocr-fil using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tesseract-ocr-fil

Install tesseract-ocr-fil 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 tesseract-ocr-fil using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tesseract-ocr-fil

How To Uninstall tesseract-ocr-fil on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tesseract-ocr-fil package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tesseract-ocr-fil

Uninstall tesseract-ocr-fil And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tesseract-ocr-fil

Remove tesseract-ocr-fil Configurations and Data

To remove tesseract-ocr-fil configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tesseract-ocr-fil

Remove tesseract-ocr-fil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tesseract-ocr-fil configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tesseract-ocr-fil

Dependencies

tesseract-ocr-fil have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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