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I am trying to install pytesseract in a virtual environment in Anaconda prompt. I have tried the following commands

conda create -y -n tesseract python=3.8
conda activate tesseract
conda install -c conda-forge pytesseract

After this I installed the tesseract OCR

conda install -c conda-forge tesseract

Next I added my virtual environment(tesseract) to Jupyter by typing:

python -m ipykernel install --user --name=tesseract

After this I launch the jupyter lab

I tried the following code (from https://pythonforundergradengineers.com/how-to-install-pytesseract.html)

try:
    from PIL import Image
except ImportError:
    import Image
import pytesseract


pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Users\abc\Anaconda3\envs\tesseract\Library\bin\tesseract.exe'

The problem is that I get the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
    import pytesseract
ImportError: No module named pytesseract

I have looked at the answer for a similar problem(https://stackoverflow.com/a/51530457/12164941). My question is that even though my jupyter notebook is running in my virtual environment and the pytesseract library is added and exist in C:\Users\abc\anaconda3\envs\tesseract\Lib\site-packages why do i still get the error?

However I no longer get the error if I copy the pytesseract package folder from C:\Users\abc\anaconda3\envs\tesseract\Lib\site-packages to C:\Users\abc\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages

RisingSun
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if I copy the pytesseract package folder from C:\Users\abc\anaconda3\envs\tesseract\Lib\site-packages to C:\Users\abc\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages

You should refrain from doing so, even though it gives the answer in this case

Your jupyter notebook is still using the kernel from your base env. You can easily check this by running

import sys
print(sys.executable)

You will need to select the correct kernel from your environment

FlyingTeller
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