cups-ocr on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 08,2025

1. Install "cups-ocr" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install cups-ocr on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cups-ocr on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "cups-ocr" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone cups-ocr's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cups-ocr.git 
            
                        
                ~/cups-ocr
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/cups-ocr folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/cups-ocr
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups-ocr package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 226412
Name: cups-ocr
PackageBaseID: 98989
PackageBase: cups-ocr
Version: 0.1.2-4
Description: Print directly to a tiff file which feeds an OCR engine which will output a text file. Modelled after cups-pdf.
URL: http://github.com/t0nedef/cups-ocr/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: t0nedef
Submitter: t0nedef
FirstSubmitted: 1440882814
LastModified: 1440883183
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cups-ocr.tar.gz