How To Install ocrfeeder on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocrfeeder on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 ocrfeeder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocrfeeder
How To Uninstall ocrfeeder on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocrfeeder
Remove ocrfeeder Configurations and Data
To remove ocrfeeder configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocrfeeder package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
