How to Install and Uninstall python3-pyocr Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "python3-pyocr" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install python3-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 "python3-pyocr" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall python3-pyocr on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                python3-pyocr
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3-pyocr package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python3-pyocr
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 82
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Paul Liétar
Architecture: all
Source: python-pyocr
Version: 0.3.0-1
Depends: python3-pil, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Recommends: tesseract-ocr | cuneiform
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-pyocr/python3-pyocr_0.3.0-1_all.deb
Size: 11770
MD5sum: baa5bc2f682d97cbb6ead3de38e27bcb
SHA1: cb65253d7bbeb2501be97ab746b45500261a5a61
SHA256: 40a1d2c24cbeaf12ebd6d1730792d1665d58baa6f4ce8892c9d30acd5239652b
Description-en: Python wrapper for OCR engines (Python 3)
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 3 version of the package.
Description-md5: 6c305e4a6d9f1c351cc988c16691b140
Homepage: https://github.com/jflesch/pyocr
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu