How To Install tesseract-ocr-fil on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tesseract-ocr-fil on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 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 tesseract-ocr-fil using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tesseract-ocr-fil
How To Uninstall tesseract-ocr-fil on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tesseract-ocr-fil package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
