Note: This documentation expects you to be familiar with compiling software on your operation system.
Use the same tools for building tesseract as you used for building leptonica.
Table of contents
How do you want to use it, as a library or as a standalone application? Both are possible. If you want to use it as standalone application follow this link tesseract-ocr. Linux, macOS, Windows. For installation on Windows open the ZTesseract at UB Mannheim page. Scroll down and click the correct link for your computer depending on whether it is 32 or 64 bit. This will download the Tesseract engine and will take up about 40MB of storage space on your computer. Select the directory where you want to install Tesseract. By default it shows C: Program Files Tesseract-OCR for me and that’s where I installed it. You can install it as per your choice. Tesseract documentation View on GitHub Downloads Source Code. Source code of Tesseract’s Releases. Binaries for Linux. Tesseract is included in most Linux distributions. This time, I’d like to share how to build the tesseract OCR library with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 on Windows. Building Tesseract. I’ve tried different ways to set up the building environment, and finally concluded that the most convenient way is to use the installer. Windows installer of tesseract-ocr 3.02.02. Tesseract is an OCR engine with support for unicode and the ability to recognize more than 100 languages out of the box. It can be trained to recognize other languages.
Linux
To install Tesseract 4.x you can simply run the following command on your Ubuntu 18.xx bionic:
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If you wish to install the Developer Tools which can be used for training, run the following command:
The following instructions are for building on Linux, which also can be applied to other UNIX like operating systems.
Dependencies
- A compiler for C and C++: GCC or Clang
- GNU Autotools: autoconf, automake, libtool
- pkg-config
- libpng, libjpeg, libtiff
Ubuntu
If they are not already installed, you need the following libraries (Ubuntu 16.04/14.04):
Install Tesseract On Windows 10 Pro
if you plan to install the training tools, you also need the following libraries:
Leptonica
You also need to install Leptonica. Ensure that the development headers for Leptonica are installed before compiling Tesseract.
Tesseract versions and the minimum version of Leptonica required:
Tesseract | Leptonica | Ubuntu |
---|---|---|
4.00 | 1.74.2 | Ubuntu 18.04 |
3.05 | 1.74.0 | Must build from source |
3.04 | 1.71 | Ubuntu 16.04 |
3.03 | 1.70 | Ubuntu 14.04 |
3.02 | 1.69 | Ubuntu 12.04 |
3.01 | 1.67 |
One option is to install the distro’s Leptonica package:
but if you are using an oldish version of Linux, the Leptonica version may be too old, so you will need to build from source.
The sources are at https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica . The instructions for building are given in Leptonica README.
Note that if building Leptonica from source, you may need to ensure that /usr/local/lib is in your library path. This is a standard Linux bug, and the information at Stackoverflow is very helpful.
Installing Tesseract from Git
Please follow instructions in Compiling–GitInstallation
Also read Install Instructions
Install elsewhere / without root
Tesseract can be configured to install anywhere, which makes it possible to install it without root access.
To install it in $HOME/local:
To install it in $HOME/local using Leptonica libraries also installed in $HOME/local:
In some system, you might also need to specify the path to the
pkg-config
before running the configure
script:Video representation of the Compiling process for Tesseract 4.0 and Leptonica 1.7.4 on Ubuntu 16.xx
- Video Build from Source Leptonica 1.7.4
- Video Build from Source Tesseract-OCR 4.0
Language Data
- Download the data file(s) for the language(s) you are interested in.
- Move it to the
tessdata
directory (e.g.mv tessdata $TESSDATA_PREFIX
if definedTESSDATA_PREFIX
)
You can also use:
to point to your tessdata directory (example: if your tessdata path is ‘/usr/local/share/tessdata’ you have to use ‘export TESSDATA_PREFIX=’/usr/local/share/’).
master branch, 3.05 and later
Using Tesseract
!!! IMPORTANT !!! To use Tesseract in your application (to include tess or to link it into your app) see this very simple example.
Build the latest library (using Software Network client)
- Download the latest SW (Software Network
https://software-network.org/
) client fromhttps://software-network.org/client/
. - Run
sw setup
(may require administrator access) - Run
sw build org.sw.demo.google.tesseract.tesseract-master
.
Build the latest library (using CPPAN, deprecated, until tess5.0)
![Installing pytesseract – practically painless – GrimBlog Installing pytesseract – practically painless – GrimBlog](https://www.ubackup.com/windows-10/images/install-windows-10-to-ssd/create-installation-media.jpg)
- Download the latest CPPAN (C++ Archive Network
https://cppan.org/
) client fromhttps://cppan.org/client/
. - Run
cppan --build pvt.cppan.demo.google.tesseract.tesseract-master
.
For visual studio project using tesseract
- Setup Vcpkg the Visual C++ Package Manager.
- Run
vcpkg install tesseract:x64-windows
for 64-bit. Use –head for the master branch.
Static linking
To build a self-contained
tesseract.exe
executable (without any DLLs or runtime dependencies), use Vcpkg as above with the following command:vcpkg install tesseract:x64-windows-static
for 64-bitvcpkg install tesseract:x86-windows-static
for 32-bit
Use –head for the master branch. It may still require one DLL for the OpenMP runtime,
vcomp140.dll
(which you can find in the Visual C++ Redistributable 2015).Build training tools
Today it is possible to build a full set of tess training tools on Windows with Visual Studio.The latest versions (Win10, VS2015/VS2017) are preferable.
To do this:
- Download the latest CPPAN (C++ Archive Network
https://cppan.org/
) client fromhttps://cppan.org/client/
. - Run
cppan --build pvt.cppan.demo.google.tesseract-master
.
Develop Tesseract
For development purposes of Tesseract itself do the next steps:
- Download and install Git, CMake and put them in PATH.
- Download the latest SW (Software Network
https://software-network.org/
) client fromhttps://software-network.org/client/
. SW is a source package distribution system. - Add SW client to PATH.
- Run
sw setup
(may require administrator access) - If you have a release archive, unpack it to
tesseract
dir.
If you’re using master branch (4.0) run
- Run
- Build a solution (
tesseract.sln
) in your Visual Studio version.If you want to build and install from command line (e.g. Release build) you can use this command:If you want to install to other directory that C:Program Files (you will need admin right for this), you need to specify install path during configuration:
![Install tesseract 4.0 windows 10 Install tesseract 4.0 windows 10](https://imgcdn.maketecheasier.com/2016/11/win10-install-unsigned-drivers-featured.jpg)
For development purposes of training tools after cloning a repo from previous paragraph, run
You’ll see a solution link appeared in the root directory of Tesseract.
Develop Tesseract (with CPPAN, until tess 5.0)
For development purposes of Tesseract itself do the next steps:
- Download and install Git, CMake and put them in PATH.
- Download the latest CPPAN (C++ Archive Network
https://cppan.org/
) client fromhttps://cppan.org/client/
. CPPAN is a source package distribution system. Add CPPAN client in PATH too. (VS2015 redist is required.) - If you have a release archive, unpack it to
tesseract
dir.
If you’re using master branch (4.0) run
- Run
- Build a solution (
tesseract.sln
) in your Visual Studio version.If you want to build and install from command line (e.g. Release build) you can use this command:If you want to install to other directory that C:Program Files (you will need admin right for this), you need to specify install path during configuration:
For development purposes of training tools after cloning a repo from previous paragraph, run
You’ll see a solution link appeared in the root directory of Tesseract.
Building for x64 platform
sw
If you’re building with sw+cmake, run cmake as follows: Gintama episode lengkap sub indo movie online.
If you’re building with sw run
sw generate
, it will create a solution link for you (not yet implemented!).Installing Pytesseract – Practically Painless – GrimBlog
cppan (until 5.0)
If you’re building with cppan+cmake, run cmake as follows:
If you’re building with cppan, edit cppan.yml and uncomment this line:
Then run
cppan --generate .
- it will create a solution link for you.(For VS2017, use ‘15 2017’ instead of ‘14 2015’.)
3.05
If you have Visual Studio 2015, checkout the https://github.com/peirick/VS2015_Tesseract repository for Visual Studio 2015 Projects for Tessearct and dependencies. and click on build_tesseract.bat. After that you still need to download the language packs.
3.03rc-1
Have a look at blog How to build Tesseract 3.03 with Visual Studio 2013.
3.02
For tesseract-ocr 3.02 please follow instruction in Visual Studio 2008 Developer Notes for Tesseract-OCR.
3.01
Download these packages from the Downloads Archive on SourceForge page:
tesseract-3.01.tar.gz
- Tesseract sourcetesseract-3.01-win_vs.zip
- Visual studio (2008 & 2010) solution with necessary librariestesseract-ocr-3.01.eng.tar.gz
- English language file for Tesseract (or download other language training file)
Unpack them to one directory (e.g.
tesseract-3.01
). Note that tesseract-ocr-3.01.eng.tar.gz
names the root directory 'tesseract-ocr'
instead of 'tesseract-3.01'
.Windows relevant files are located in vs2008 directory (e.g. ‘tesseract-3.01vs2008’). The same build process as usual applies: Open tesseract.sln with VC++Express 2008 and build all (or just Tesseract.) It should compile (in at least release mode) without having to install anything further. The dll dependencies and Leptonica are included. Output will be in tesseract-3.01vs2008bin (or tesseract-3.01vs2008bin.rd or tesseract-3.01vs2008bin.dbg based on configuration build).
Mingw+Msys
For Mingw+Msys have a look at blog Compiling Leptonica and Tesseract-ocr with Mingw+Msys.
Msys2
Download and install MSYS2 Installer from https://msys2.github.io/
The core packages groups you need to install if you wish to build from PKGBUILDs are:
- base-devel for any building
- msys2-devel for building msys2 packages
- mingw-w64-i686-toolchain for building mingw32 packages
- mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain for building mingw64 packages
To build the tesseract-ocr release package, use PKGBUILD from https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-tesseract-ocr
Cygwin
To build on Cygwin have a look at blog How to build Tesseract on Cygwin.
Tesseract as well as the training utilities for 3.04.00 onwards are available as Cygwin packages.
Mingw-w64
Mingw-w64 allows building 32- or 64-bit executables for Windows.It can be used for native compilations on Windows,but also for cross compilations on Linux (which are easier and faster than native compilations).Most large Linux distributions already contain packages with the tools need for a cross build.Before building Tesseract, it is necessary to build some prerequisites.
For Debian and similar distributions (e. g. Ubuntu), the cross tools can be installed like that:
These prerequisites will be needed:
- libpng, libtiff, zlib (binaries for Mingw-w64 available as part of the GTK+ bundles)
Typically a package manager like Fink, Homebrew or MacPorts is needed in addition to Apple’s Xcode.Xcode and the related command line tools provides the compiler (
llvm-gcc
) and linker, but also libraries like zlib
. The package manager provides free software packages which are not part of Xcode.The Xcode Command Line Tools can be installed by running
xcode-select --install
.Note that Tesseract 4 can be built with OpenMP support, but that requires additional installations.
macOS with Fink
Fink (as of 2017-04) neither provides Leptonica nor the packages needed for the Tesseract training tools,so it cannot be recommended for building Tesseract.
![Pytesseract · PyPI Pytesseract · PyPI](http://s3.amazonaws.com/digitaltrends-uploads-prod/2016/07/Windows-10-iso.png)
macOS with MacPorts
Prepare support for OpenMP (optional)
Install OpenMP:
The following method which gets, compiles and installs OpenMP manually should no longer be needed:
Install required packages
Compilation
Compilation itself relies on the Autotools suite:
If you want support for multithreading, you have to install OpenMP first (see above)and tell the compiler and linker how to activate OpenMP support.This is done by adding that information to the options for
configure
:If compilation fails at the
make
command, with libtool
erring on missing instructions, you may be building with MacPort’s g++
compiler, with known issues. The community recommends to use clang
, but a workaround for g++
is to re-configure the build:Install Tesseract On Windows 10 Iso
And then proceed with
make
.Install Tesseract with training tools
In the above training tools are not installed. You can install not only Tesseract but also training tools like below.
Install packages required by training tools
Build and Install
macOS with Homebrew
Install dependencies
Compile
As of January 2017, the clang builds but OpenMP will only use a single thread, potentially reducing performance. If you really need OpenMP, install and use gcc.
macOS: building for arm-apple-darwin64
For cross-compiling see discussion in issue 2334. You need to specify target this way:
Tesseract can be built for Android as a static command-line executable
tesseract
, or you can use Java binding to work with libtess from your Android app.Currently, the easiest build method can be found in a tess-two fork. This fork contains both tesseract and leptonica sources, so that it is enough to download the repository. To build the command-line executable, you don’t need Android SDK or Android Studio, only install Android NDK (r.20 has been tested) and run the
ndk-build
command, e.g.:The 4.1 branch is available, too. Note that performance may be significantly different:
Alternative
Another method of compiling is using the project Building for Android with Docker, which at the time of writing can produce shared libraries for the following versions and architectures:
Arch Version | 3.02.02 | 3.05.02 | 4.0.0 | 4.1.0 |
---|---|---|---|---|
armv7-a | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
arm64-v8a | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
x86 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Compilation of dependent libraries, leptonica and tiff, are included and handled as well.
- To fix this error ensure that
autoconf-archive
is installed. Don’t forget to run./autogen.sh
after the installation ofautoconf-archive
. Note this error happens often under CentOS, whereautoconf-archive
is missing and no package is available. Some projects help with installing.
See Full List On Guides.library.illinois.edu
The latest code from GitHub does not require
autoconf-archive
.Install Tesseract Windows 10 Python
- If configure fails with such error “configure: error: Leptonica 1.74 or higher is required.” Try to install libleptonica-dev package.
- If you are sure you have installed leptonica (for example in /usr/local) then probably pkg-config is not looking at your install folder (check with
pkg-config --variable pc_path pkg-config
).
A solution is to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH : example :
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
- On some systems autotools does not create m4 directory automatically (giving the error: “configure: error: cannot find macro directory ‘m4’”).
In this case you must create m4 directory (
mkdir m4
), and then rerun the above commands starting with ./configure.Simple OCR Guide: Installing and Using Tesseract In Python Code (Ubuntu) 3/19/2018 Introduction: OCRThere are times when there's text written inside of image files that we want to extract. Can we do that, programmatically? The answer is yes, that's what OCR is. It's simple enough to OCR an image using the command line in Ubuntu, but we also want to be able to use OCR in programs. Python is a good language for using OCR, and Tesseract is the OCR tool we'll be using. OCR From the Command Line: Install TesseractLet's install Tesseract so that we can use it in our command line. In Ubuntu, it's really simple. To test it, download the following image on your computer. (Right click and save the image.) Then in a terminal (inside the directory your picture was downloaded too, with the correct image name), use Tesseract on the image with the following command: For me the output is: Hello World. Using Eggfiggggplg OCR. From gggmgxg. Why did it get the words Tesseract and srcmake incorrect? Notice the squiggly red lines under the words, in the picture. Often, 'noise' in images makes OCR imperfect. That's why cleaning images up is important, before using OCR on them. For this reason, it's often important to be able to use OCR in a program, and not just the command line. Let's look at writing a python program that uses Tesseract, now. Setup Python Project and Install LibrariesWe can use Tesseract from the command line, but how about in Python? (Obviously, make sure that you have python installed. Also, you'll need tesseract installed, from the previous section.) (Also, shout out to nikhilkumarsingh on github for providing this really easy install/code guide.) Use the following commands to install the python tesseract library, pillow (for processing images in python). We'll also install imagemagick and wand now, for the sake of processing pdf files (and helping with image cleaning, later). Our installation should work, so let's test it with some code. Some Python OCR CodeWe're going to make a simple python file to OCR an image. In the same folder that you have the test image you downloaded from before in, create a file named 'main.py'. In main.py, add the following code: Of course, make sure the image name on line 4 is correct. To run this code, in your terminal (which should be located in the directory with main.py and the ocr_orig.png file): You should see the OCR output in your terminal. ConclusionWe looked at how to OCR an image, both in the command line, and through python code. We chose Tesseract as our library, and we see that sometimes the results get skewed by noise in the image. It's best practice to try to make the text in an image clearer and to clean up anything unnecessary in an image, to make the OCR tool work better. Going forward, try to look up more advanced image processing tricks to make the OCR work better. Like this content and want more? Feel free to look around and find another blog post that interests you. You can also contact me through one of the various social media channels. Twitter: @srcmake Discord: srcmake#3644 Youtube: srcmake Twitch: www.twitch.tv/srcmake Github: srcmake References 1. www.pyimagesearch.com/2017/07/03/installing-tesseract-for-ocr/ 2. github.com/nikhilkumarsingh/tesseract-python Comments are closed. |