Pytesseract : "TesseractNotFound Error: tesseract is not installed or it's not in your path", how do I fix this?

Question

I'm trying to run a basic and very simple code in python.

from PIL import Image
import pytesseract

im = Image.open("sample1.jpg")

text = pytesseract.image_to_string(im, lang = 'eng')

print(text)

This is what it looks like, I have actually installed tesseract for windows through the installer. I'm very new to Python, and I'm unsure how to proceed?

Any guidance here would be very helpful. I've tried restarting my Spyder application but to no avail.

What isn't working? Can you add the errors you got in the question? — Mooncrater, Jun 28 '18 at 19:02

score 287 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 08 '20 at 20:02

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I see steps are scattered in different answers. Based on my recent experience with this pytesseract error on Windows, writing different steps in sequence to make it easier to resolve the error:

1. Install tesseract using windows installer available at: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki

2. Note the tesseract path from the installation. Default installation path at the time of this edit was: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR. It may change so please check the installation path.

3. pip install pytesseract

4. Set the tesseract path in the script before calling image_to_string:

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'

edited Oct 08 '20 at 20:02

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answered Dec 07 '18 at 15:16

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This worked for me! If anyone else is facing problem with finding the "Tesseract-OCR" folder then please search in "C:\Program Files\" folder too – Shahriar Rahman Zahin Mar 02 '20 at 06:35
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Had to restart my computer in order to get environment setting kick in – Barmaley Apr 17 '20 at 19:06
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This answer is better than [the documentation](https://pypi.org/project/pytesseract/), because the path to tesseract_cmd indeed needs to point to tesseract.exe. This is missing in the documentation. – Benji Jul 17 '20 at 12:47
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pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe' This answer saved me from an important deadline on a Computer Vision - OCR Project Thanks a lot @Nafeez Quraishi :-) – Vetrivel PS Aug 27 '20 at 13:37
@Barmaley why restart the pc. Which environment setting do you mean? I use Windows and choco.Apparently no environment path setting is needed. Seems to work because of step 4. – Timo Nov 16 '20 at 17:57
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@Timo, the answer might of changed. You can either set this path directly in python or via system environment variables. So I went with the latter – Barmaley Nov 18 '20 at 16:20
If you're using `Textract` lib and getting error 127, it might be because it's missing Tesseract. Follow the steps on this answer but instead of setting the path on script (the pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd step) , set it as `your environment variable` – mrbTT Mar 10 '21 at 13:09
I am getting the such error on ubuntu system when I run the method image_to_string. How to solve in case of linux? – Gary Chen Apr 08 '21 at 16:51
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@XueQing check for the installation path of Tesseract-OCR in your system. Replace this path with Windows path mentioned in the answer, it should work. – Nafeez Quraishi Apr 08 '21 at 18:36
another option is after pip install, go to `Lib\site-packages\pytesseract\pytesseract.py` and edit `tesseract_cmd` directly. – Lei Yang Sep 13 '21 at 01:29
A way that worked for me to find the path on Windows: First, go to "Add or Remove Programs" in settings and ATTEMPT to uninstall Tesseract. It will ask you if you want to uninstall Tesseract from this location, and you can copy that location down. Then, cancel uninstallation – Some Guy Jul 03 '22 at 02:06
instalation path is C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR – urek mazino Jul 20 '23 at 21:46

Ali · Answer 2 · 2022-03-09T10:51:48.523

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First you should install binary:

On Linux

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libleptonica-dev tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-dev libtesseract-dev python3-pil tesseract-ocr-eng tesseract-ocr-script-latn

On Mac

brew install tesseract

On Windows

download binary from https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki. then add pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe' to your script.

Then you should install python package using pip:

pip install tesseract
pip install tesseract-ocr

references: https://pypi.org/project/pytesseract/ (INSTALLATION section) and https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Installation.html

edited Mar 09 '22 at 10:51

answered Sep 08 '18 at 03:45

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UPDATE August 2021, for linux, I need to run `sudo apt-get install python3-pil tesseract-ocr libtesseract-dev tesseract-ocr-eng tesseract-ocr-script-latn`. The second reference (github) is not there anymore, I refered https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Installation.html – David17 Aug 11 '21 at 13:05
if you face this issue `tesseract: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtesseract.so.4: undefined symbol: pixaDisplayTiledInColumns ` or `Package tesseract-ocr-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package. ` then do this `sudo apt install libtesseract-dev libleptonica-dev liblept5` – Aaditya Ura Feb 25 '22 at 21:41
@David17 Worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (2022/03). – Rafael Marino Mar 08 '22 at 00:32
After following these steps, it installs tesseract version 4, how can we install version 5.2? Thanks – Neo Jul 25 '22 at 16:12
The update from @David17 worked for me (Linux Mint 05/2023). – eduardosufan Apr 07 '23 at 13:26

score 36 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 18 '21 at 11:03

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For Windows Only

1 - You need to have Tesseract OCR installed on your computer.

get it from here. https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki

Download the suitable version.

2 - Add Tesseract path to your System Environment. i.e. Edit system variables.

3 - Run pip install pytesseract and pip install tesseract

4 - Add this line to your python script every time

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:/OCR/Tesseract-OCR/tesseract.exe'  # your path may be different

5 - Run the code.

edited Mar 18 '21 at 11:03

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answered Mar 06 '19 at 12:50

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Where to find the path for Linux? – Pallavi Aug 26 '20 at 12:46
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@Pallavi this is a windows answer, so no Linux here please.. Step 2 seems not needed because of 4. – Timo Nov 16 '20 at 17:58
`pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:/Program Files/Tesseract-OCR/tesseract.exe'` worked for me. Thanks – YScharf Jun 30 '22 at 20:21

score 23 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 09 '20 at 17:32

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This error is because tesseract is not installed on your computer.

If you are using Ubuntu install tesseract using following command:

sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr

For mac:

brew install tesseract

answered Jul 09 '20 at 17:32

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this worked for me. had to do this after installing pytesseract – roronoa Jan 18 '21 at 14:18

score 11 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 18 '18 at 08:20

From https://pypi.org/project/pytesseract/ :

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = '<full_path_to_your_tesseract_executable>'
# Include the above line, if you don't have tesseract executable in your PATH
# Example tesseract_cmd: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract'

score 8 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 18 '21 at 11:03

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In windows:

pip install tesseract

pip install tesseract-ocr

and check the file which is stored in your system usr/appdata/local/programs/site-pakages/python/python36/lib/pytesseract/pytesseract.py file and compile the file

edited Mar 18 '21 at 11:03

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answered Oct 30 '18 at 06:23

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Notice that this doesn't work on windows, where you'll need to install the binary file (from https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/wiki) and add the line `pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe"` for tesseract to work. – shahar_m Nov 22 '18 at 14:40

score 6 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 13 '20 at 14:38

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On Mac, you can install it like shown below. This works for me.

brew install tesseract

edited Feb 13 '20 at 14:38

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score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 15 '21 at 08:49

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For Linux Distribution (Ubuntu)

try

sudo apt install tesseract-ocr
sudo apt install libtesseract-dev

answered Apr 15 '21 at 08:49

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This worked I also installed tesseract using pip3 install tesseract. – Gediz GÜRSU Jan 16 '22 at 04:18

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 25 '19 at 16:06

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On Windows 64 bits, just add the following to the PATH environment variable: "C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR" and it will work.

answered Nov 25 '19 at 16:06

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 08 '18 at 10:23

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you can install this package... https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki after that you should go this path C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\ tesseract.exe then run tesseract file. I think this will help you...

answered Nov 08 '18 at 10:23

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user3642503 · Answer 11 · 2019-03-05T05:39:13.597

Step 1:

Install tesseract on your system as per the OS. Latest installers can be found at https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki

Step 2: Install the following dependency libraries using : pip install pytesseract pip install opencv-python pip install numpy

Step 3: Sample code

import cv2
import numpy as np
import pytesseract
from PIL import Image
from pytesseract import image_to_string

# Path of working folder on Disk Replace with your working folder
src_path = "C:\\Users\\<user>\\PycharmProjects\\ImageToText\\input\\"
# If you don't have tesseract executable in your PATH, include the 
following:
pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Tesseract- 
OCR/tesseract'
TESSDATA_PREFIX = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Tesseract-OCR'

def get_string(img_path):
    # Read image with opencv
    img = cv2.imread(img_path)

    # Convert to gray
    img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

    # Apply dilation and erosion to remove some noise
    kernel = np.ones((1, 1), np.uint8)
    img = cv2.dilate(img, kernel, iterations=1)
    img = cv2.erode(img, kernel, iterations=1)

    # Write image after removed noise
    cv2.imwrite(src_path + "removed_noise.png", img)

    #  Apply threshold to get image with only black and white
    #img = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(img, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY, 31, 2)

    # Write the image after apply opencv to do some ...
    cv2.imwrite(src_path + "thres.png", img)

    # Recognize text with tesseract for python
    result = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(src_path + "thres.png"))

    # Remove template file
    #os.remove(temp)

    return result


print('--- Start recognize text from image ---')
print(get_string(src_path + "image.png") )

print("------ Done -------")

I had to do the step of setting the `pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd` variable to my installation location on macOS. Just a heads up. — Shad, Mar 23 '22 at 00:57

score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 12 '20 at 01:34

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I can solve it by updating the tesseract_cmd variable with the bin/tesseract path in the pytesseract.py file

answered Apr 12 '20 at 01:34

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score 3 · Answer 13 · edited Apr 15 '20 at 20:16

I had the same issue on Windows. I tried to update the environment variables for the path of tesseract which did not work.

What worked for me was to modify the pytesseract.py which can be found at the path C:\Program Files\Python37\Lib\site-packages\pytesseract or usually in the C:\Users\YOUR USER\APPDATA\Python

I changed one line as per below:

#tesseract_cmd = 'tesseract' 
#tesseract_cmd = 'C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe'

Note I had to put an extra \ before tesseract as Python was interpreting same as \t and you will get the below error message:

pytesseract.pytesseract.TesseractNotFoundError: C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR esseract.exe is not installed or it's not in your path

score 3 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 06 '21 at 09:44

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for me it worked by putting single quote

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd =r'C:/Program Files/Tesseract-OCR/tesseract.exe'

actually putting inside double quotes was automatically inserting unwanted chracter

answered Apr 06 '21 at 09:44

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score 3 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 27 '21 at 18:09

Anaconda Installation:

Works on Mac, Linux, and Windows

conda-forge/packages/tesseract 4.1.1

Step 1:

conda install -c conda-forge tesseract

Step 2: Find Tesseract PATH if you haven't already

for r,s,f in os.walk("/"):
    for i in f:
        if "tesseract" in i:
            print(os.path.join(r,i))

For example, my Tesseract PATH is /anaconda/bin/tesseract

Step 3: Add tesseract to PATH

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'/anaconda/bin/tesseract'

score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Jul 21 '20 at 10:08

Perhaps this is happening because, even if Tesseract is correctly installed, you have not installed your language, as was my case. Fortunately this is very easy to fix, and I did not even need to mess with tesseract_cmd.

sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr -y
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr-spa -y
tesseract --list-langs

Note that in the second line we have specified -spa for Spanish.

If installation has been successful, you should get a list of your available languages, like:

List of available languages (3):
eng
osd
spa

I found this at this blog post (Spanish). There is also a post for installation of Spanish language in Windows (not as easy apparently).

Note: since the question uses lang = 'eng', it is likely this is not the answer in that specific case. But the same error may happen in this other situation, which is why I posted the answer here.

score 2 · Answer 17 · answered Apr 04 '21 at 14:46

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For Windows in simple steps:

Download Windows version from https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
Install

Write following in your .py file (check installed location)

 pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r"C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe"
 img_text = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(filename))

answered Apr 04 '21 at 14:46

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Simple and it works ;-) Note only for windows env with python. – Hemant Ramphul Nov 15 '22 at 19:23
How would i Implement this if I was using google colab, I'm currently facing this issue – Kalu Samuel Dec 24 '22 at 11:21

score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Jun 20 '18 at 16:16

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You would be needing to install tesseract.

https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/wiki

Check out the above documentation on the installation.

answered Jun 20 '18 at 16:16

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Hi, I already tried doing that, I installed from github using the installer for windows but it still doesn't quite work. Not sure why or what, I'm thinking it has to do with the path? I'll check out the wiki again – Jed Bartlet Jun 20 '18 at 16:18

score 1 · Answer 19 · edited Aug 22 '19 at 05:53

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In windows, the command path must be redirected, for a default windows tesseract installation.

In 32 bit system, add in this line after import commands.

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'

In 64 bit system, add this line instead.

 pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'

edited Aug 22 '19 at 05:53

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answered Jun 28 '19 at 02:14

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score 1 · Answer 20 · edited Nov 05 '20 at 04:22

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For Windows users only:

Install tesseract using:

pip install tesseract

and then add this line to your code, mind the "\"

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe"

edited Nov 05 '20 at 04:22

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answered Oct 24 '20 at 13:26

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score 1 · Answer 21 · edited Mar 12 '21 at 19:15

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It did work for me just by installing tesseract using conda.

conda install -c conda-forge tesseract

edited Mar 12 '21 at 19:15

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answered Mar 12 '21 at 11:47

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Sep 23 '18 at 07:32

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Use the following command to install tesseract

pip install tesseract

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Jul 18 '19 at 12:02

# {Windows 10 instructions}
# before you use the script you need to install the dependence
# 1. download the tesseract from the official link:
#   https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
# 2. install the tesseract
#   i chosed this path
#       *replace the user string in the below path with you name of user that you are using in your current machine
#       C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\
# 3. Install the  pillow for your python version
# * the best way for me is to install is this form(i'am using python3.7 version and in my CMD i run this version of python by     typing py -3.7):
# * if you are using another version of python first look how you start the python from you CMD
# * for some machine the run of python from the CMD is different
    # [examples]
    # =================================
    # PYTHON VERSION 3.7
    # python
    # python3.7
    # python -3.7
    # python 3.7
    # python3
    # python -3
    # python 3
    # py3.7
    # py -3.7
    # py 3.7
    # py3
    # py -3
    # py 3
    # PYTHON VERSION 3.6
    # python
    # python3.6
    # python -3.6
    # python 3.6
    # python3
    # python -3
    # python 3
    # py3.6
    # py -3.6
    # py 3.6
    # py3
    # py -3
    # py 3
    # PYTHON VERSION 2.7
    # python
    # python2.7
    # python -2.7
    # python 2.7
    # python2
    # python -2
    # python 2
    # py2.7
    # py -2.7
    # py 2.7
    # py2
    # py -2
    # py 2
    # ================================
# we are using pip to install the dependences
# because for me i start the python version 3.7 with the following line 
    # py -3.7
# open the CMD in windows machine and type the following line:
    # py -3.7 -m pip install pillow
# 4. Install the  pytesseract and tesseract for your python version
# * the best way for me is to install is this form(i'am using python3.7 version and in my CMD i run this version of python by     typing py -3.7):
# we are using pip to install the dependences
# open the CMD in windows machine and type the following lines:
    # py -3.7 -m pip install pytesseract
    # py -3.7 -m pip install tesseract


#!/usr/bin/python
from PIL import Image
import pytesseract
import os
import getpass

def extract_text_from_image(image_file_name_arg):

    # IMPORTANT
    # if you have followed my instructions to install this dependence in above text explanatin
    # for my machine is
    # if you don't put the right path for tesseract.exe the script will not work
    username = getpass.getuser()
    # here above line get the username for your machine automatically
    tesseract_exe_path_installation="C:\\Users\\"+username+"\\AppData\\Local\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe"
    pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd=tesseract_exe_path_installation

# specify the direction of your image files manually or use line bellow if the images are in the script directory in     folder  images
    # image_dir="D:\\GIT\\ai_example\\extract_text_from_image\\images"
    image_dir=os.getcwd()+"\\images"
    dir_seperator="\\"
    image_file_name=image_file_name_arg
    # if your image are in different format change the extension(ex. ".png")
    image_ext=".jpg"
    image_path_dir=image_dir+dir_seperator+image_file_name+image_ext

    print("=============================================================================")
    print("image used is in the following path dir:")
    print("\t"+image_path_dir)
    print("=============================================================================")

    img=Image.open(image_path_dir)
    text=pytesseract.image_to_string(img, lang="eng")
    print(text)

# change the name "image_1" whith the name without extension for your image name
# image_file_name_arg="image_1"
image_file_name_arg="image_2"
# image_file_name_arg="image_3"
# image_file_name_arg="image_4"
# image_file_name_arg="image_5"
extract_text_from_image(image_file_name_arg)

# ==================================
# CREATED BY: SHERIFI
# e-mail: sherif_co@yahoo.com
# git-link for script: https://github.com/sherifi/ai_example.git
# ==================================

I have add text inside the snippet for more easy access and completed answer — Sherifi, Jul 19 '19 at 14:01

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Oct 22 '19 at 04:46

For Ubuntu 18.04

If you are getting an error like

 tesseract is not installed or it's not in your path

 and 

 OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory

That might be and issue with the swap memory allocation issue

You can check this answer allocating more swap memory Hope that helps :)

https://askubuntu.com/questions/920595/fallocate-fallocate-failed-text-file-busy-in-ubuntu-17-04?answertab=active#tab-top

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Sep 26 '20 at 06:43

There are already many nice answers to this problem but I would like to share a wonderful site that I came across when I couldnt solve the 'TesseractNotFound Error: tesseract is not installed or it's not in your path” Please refer this site: https://www.thetopsites.net/article/50655738.shtml

I realised that I got this error because I installed pytesseract with pip but forget to install the binary. You are probably missing tesseract-ocr from your machine. Check the installation instructions here: https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/wiki

On a Mac, you can just install using homebrew:

brew install tesseract

It should run fine after that!

Under Windows 10 OS environment, the following method works for me:

Go to this link and Download tesseract and install it. Windows version is available here: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
Find script file pytesseract.py from C:\Users\User\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\pytesseract and open it. Change the following code from tesseract_cmd = 'tesseract' to: tesseract_cmd = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Tesseract-OCR/tesseract.exe' (This is the path where you install Tesseract-OCR so please check where you install it and accordingly update the path)
You may also need to add environment variable C:/Program Files (x86)/Tesseract-OCR/

Hope it works for you!

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jan 19 '21 at 09:34

Solution for UBUNTU Worked for me:

Installed tesseract in ubuntu by following below link

https://medium.com/quantrium-tech/installing-tesseract-4-on-ubuntu-18-04-b6fcd0cbd78f

Later added traindata language to tessdata by following below link

Tesseract running error

score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Jan 28 '21 at 10:46

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There looks to be an issue with the latest version of the pip module pytesseract=0.3.7. I have downgraded it to pytesseract=0.3.6 and don't see the error.

answered Jan 28 '21 at 10:46

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score 0 · Answer 28 · answered Jul 10 '21 at 17:06

The above tips did not help me fix the problem, because the error specified in the section occurred when installing pytesseract (pycharm, python 2.7). The oddity was also that tesseract worked from the command line, so the installation was done correctly.

I was able to fix this problem by following these steps:

download pytesseract.py from the vault https://github.com/madmaze/pytesseract
remove all syntax errors related to the difference in the interpreters (2.7 and 3.*), including the try catch methods
import the edited script into your program as a self-written one and configure the tesseract_cmd variable according to the recommendations in the repository.

Subsequently, the image-to-text translation function worked in python 2.7

score 0 · Answer 29 · answered Nov 01 '21 at 14:53

I aleady tried this one on my raspberry pi. I just changed the path from this:

C:/Program Files/Tesseract-OCR/tesseract.exe'

(Since, it is for windows) To this:

/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages

Since, it is the path I see whenever I try to run this command:

pip3 show pytesseract

For better clarity here's the message. Command line here

Rabiyulfahim · Answer 30 · 2022-02-07T16:10:58.927

I am also facing an same error while installing tesseract in windows.

Based my recent problem solving i am following thsese below steps

Install tesseract using windows installer available in the gievn link: https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
Note the tesseract path from the installation. Default installation path at the time of this edit was: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR. It may change so please check the installation path.

After installations, still it is showing error or not installing error you are facing then press windows + R keys and run your file path (C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe) it wil work for me,

3. pip install pytesseract

Set the tesseract path in the script before calling ```image_to_string:``
For windows file path -

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd=r'C:\Program Files(x86)\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'

For installing opencv please - refer this question link
For linux installations

$ sudo apt install tesseract-ocr
$ sudo apt install libtesseract-dev

$ tesseract --version

2.After running this command, you should something like this:

tesseract 4.0.0-beta.1 
 leptonica-1.75.3

3.Once your tesseract installation is successful, you can run the following command to check

$ tesseract --list-langs

4.You can expect the following output:

List of available languages (2):
eng 
osd

5.linux file path was given below

pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'home/user/bin/tesseract'

score 0 · Answer 31 · answered Apr 13 '23 at 15:37

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For Arch Linux, you may install the package tesseract-data-<3_letter_language_prefix>

For my case it was: <aur_helper> -S tesseract-data-eng

answered Apr 13 '23 at 15:37

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score -3 · Answer 32 · edited Apr 08 '22 at 14:15

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pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe'

this helped in my case

edited Apr 08 '22 at 14:15

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answered Apr 08 '22 at 14:12

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The accepted answer mentions setting tesseract_cmd to the appropriate path, so I don't think this answer adds anything. – Andrew McClement Apr 08 '22 at 17:23