How to Install and Uninstall python-pyocr Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "python-pyocr" package

This is a short guide on how to install python-pyocr on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-pyocr" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall python-pyocr on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python-pyocr
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python-pyocr package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-pyocr
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paul Liétar
Architecture: all
Version: 0.3.0-1
Depends: python-pil, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Recommends: tesseract-ocr | cuneiform
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pyocr/python-pyocr_0.3.0-1_all.deb
Size: 11672
MD5sum: 70149b6ee1b59cfdc57304ef740a3601
SHA1: c085a5abd8c5212a40e875caee562ae5d4d4877f
SHA256: f49e8616ae808c2ad77af341bf02602824e6825d47e21ddf8d9a32e164067684
Description-en: Python wrapper for OCR engines (Python 2)
PyOCR is an optical character recognition (OCR) tool wrapper for
Python. That is, it helps using OCR tools from a Python program.
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PyOCR can be used as a wrapper for google's Tesseract-OCR or
Cuneiform. It can read all image types supported by Pillow, including
jpeg, png, gif, bmp, tiff, and others. It also support bounding box
data.
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This is the Python 2 version of the package.
Description-md5: c2f6b55ba48174bf8202a2849c1e4e4f
Homepage: https://github.com/jflesch/pyocr
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu