(Python) Tesseract Installation Problem in Windows

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I've read a couple other answers on this, but I'm still stuck. I imagine I'm doing something stupid, but this doesn't work:

import pytesseract
from PIL import Image

def tryTesseract(u):
    return(pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(u)))


loc = 'C:\\Python\\Lineups\\558.png'

print(pytesseract)
print(tryTesseract(loc))

The first line prints:

<module 'pytesseract' from 'C:\Python\lib\site-packages\pytesseract\init.py'>

But the second prints several lines of error and culminates in:

pytesseract.pytesseract.TesseractNotFoundError: tesseract is not installed or it's not in your PATH. See README file for more information.

This seems weird if the first line works. I BELIEVE I have correctly added it to path though, and it is correctly installed, as in this screenshot:

Full error message:

Edited for exciting new error. I followed user3250052's advice and am now getting a new error (CMD window on top of Python window here:)

from PIL import Image

def tryTesseract(u):
    return(pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(u)))


loc = os.path.join('C','Python','Lineups','558.png')
pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR'

print(pytesseract)
print(tryTesseract(loc))```

Dunski · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-20 13:04:12Z

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That is a file not fond error. Try

loc = os.path.join('C','Python','Lineups','558.png')

you might also need

pytesseract.tesseract_cmdloc = r'<full_path_to_your_tesseract_executable>'

edited Dec 20, 2020 at 13:04

answered Dec 20, 2020 at 12:24

Dunski

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Andrew Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply. I tried adding that, but get the same error. Would the line 'print(pytesseract)' work if this was the problem?

Dunski Over a year ago

your right it wouldn't. It looks like a file not found error by the way. use os.path()

Andrew Over a year ago

Aha, the error is now different, it just says: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C\\Python\\Lineups\\558.png' Which is weird as I can see it in the directory. The rest of the error is gone though...

Dunski Over a year ago

Is it possible that the file is opened in another program?

Andrew Over a year ago

Thanks Dunski, it was indeed open in another program - or at least, a reboot fixed the problem. Guess I forgot the first rule of computer troubleshooting...

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