The steps to install OCRmyPDF on a Linux system (Ubuntu 22.04 for example) are as follows:
- Make sure Python 3 and pip are installed on your system:
python3 --version
pip3 --version
- Install dependencies:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install tesseract-ocr ghostscript python3-pip pngquant
- Install OCRmyPDF using pip:
pip3 install ocrmypdf
- Verify the installation:
ocrmypdf --version
If the version number is displayed, the installation was successful.
This answer comes from the articleOCRmyPDF: scanned PDF into searchable text of the open source toolThe