[FIXED] Cannot install tesserocr

Issue

I try running pip install tesserocr and I get the following error...

error: 'cinttypes' file not found #include // PRId32, ... ^~~~~~~~~~~ 1 error generated. error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

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Failed building wheel for tesserocr

I've searched the entire web. I even tried compiling the source code and then running pip install . but this gave me the exact same error. How can I fix this?

Solution

there are various questions like this topic. tesserocr is compiled during installation so you have to install also the development packages needed. Which these are depends on your OS distribution

Answered By - Alfredo cubitos