OCRFeeder failing to access /tmp

[timbuck2]

I am trying to OCR a document using OCRFeeder, but when I press the OCR button I get an error and it won't function

Code:

cat: /tmp/ocrfeeder_AdxiAl/tmpPBzAcp.txt: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/ocrfeeder_AdxiAl/tmpPBzAcp.txt': No such file or directory
cat: /tmp/ocrfeeder_AdxiAl/tmpwS9kbK.txt: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/ocrfeeder_AdxiAl/tmpwS9kbK.txt': No such file or directory

I'm assuming it can't write to /tmp for some reason.  I tried running as root, but it had the same error. What can I try to fix this?

[timbuck2]

Looks like OCRFeeder is using python.  I know nothing about tmpfs, private /tmp, and systemd.  Can someone help me get this program to work?

[Artim]

How did you install OCRFeeder?  Using Lite Software usually solves "dependencies" which are missing pieces of other software that the other needs.  Forgive me if I have assumed too much.  If OCRFeeder is missing dependencies, you can open Synaptoc Package Manager (Menu -> System _> Add/Remove Software), find OCRFeeder and highlight it, then selct "Install Recommended."  Let us know!

[timbuck2]

When I installed it I just went to "System->Install/Remove Sofware" from the whisper menu and searched on OCRfeeder from the synaptic package manager and installed that way.  Didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

I don't see any option to "Install Recommended"

[timbuck2]

When I installed OCRFeeder from synaptics I did allow all dependencies to install at the same time.  It was a standard install from Synaptics.

I'm not sure why it can't write to /tmp.  I think it has something to do with systemd which I don't know how to adjust.  I hope someone with more knowledge than myself can offer some help.

[Artim]

Is it something you have to run as root?

Code:

sudo ocrfeeder

You might to edit permissions for that application.

[timbuck2]

Is it something you have to run as root?

Code:

sudo ocrfeeder

You might to edit permissions for that application.

One of the first things I did was to try running as root, but didn't help.  I think it's something to do with systemd and the way it handles private /tmp.  I have no understanding of it though.  I just want to install from Synaptic and run the program.  I've tried to find a solution all day.  It's frustrating but thanks for the suggestion. 

Can someone tell me how to turn off private /tmp for programs?  I know it's there for security but it's keeping me from doing my OCR work I need to do.

[timbuck2]

OCRFeeder is a front-end for OCR.  It calls tesseract by default to do the actual OCR.  This is when the /tmp file errors are encountered.

It seems tesseract creates tmpfiles somewhere else than the OCRFeeder frontend or can't write to the OCRFeeder tmp directory.

When OCRFeeder, starts, it does create a directory in /tmp so that is ok.  But when tesseract runs the OCR, it doesn't write the files in the OCRFeeder tmp directory.

Any suggestions?

[firenice03]

Sorry I don't use OCR programs but perhaps some of the following links may point in a direction, if you haven't...
Quick Reads:  DPI settings can make a difference, Command being in the PATH, mics configuration tweaks..??...

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2158633

https://askubuntu.com/questions/644217/o...t-anything

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/getting-...6a6b1cf75e

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3560...g-pytesser

[timbuck2]

OMG it was tesseract all the time.  Days of trying to get this work and the problem was the OCRFeeder synaptics package installs the tesseract ocr program as a dependency but no language packs except for English.  I was trying to OCR a German file.  And tesseract had no output to indicate a missing language file.  Crazy.

Just on a hunch I went to synaptics and searched on tesseract there are dozens of language files, but only English was installed.  I installed the German file and now it works fine.

There is a tesseract-ocr-all package but OCRFeeder doesn't install that, it just installs tesseract-ocr.

Wow, couple days wasted, but oh well at least it works now.
  :o