| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/ocrmypdf.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | ocrmypdf |
| Description: | A tool to add an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched |
| Upstream URL: | https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF |
| Licenses: | MPL2 |
| Submitter: | dreuter |
| Maintainer: | fbrennan (pigmonkey) |
| Last Packager: | pigmonkey |
| Votes: | 147 |
| Popularity: | 4.10 |
| First Submitted: | 2014-01-27 11:36 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2026-04-10 19:00 (UTC) |
Since the update to Python 3.14 and the transition to OCRmyPDF v17.x, the current depends array is incomplete, leading to ModuleNotFoundError at runtime. Please add the following mandatory dependencies:
python-pydantic (required for OcrOptions validation)
python-uharfbuzz (required for text shaping)
python-fpdf2 (required for the new default PDF renderer)
Without these, the application fails to start even if the build process completes successfully.
Upstream here - v17 introduces some new features and new recommended dependencies:
https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF/blob/main/docs/maintainers.md#dependency-matrix-for-packagers
If anyone faced: ImportError(_msg) from _e ImportError: pikepdf's extension library failed to import
Try pip check or pip install pikepdf and install any missing dependencies.
Then re-compile: pip install ocrmypdf --force
The optional dependency 'jbig2' was not found, so some image optimizations could not be attempted.
jbig2enc
wat
does not work with latest tesseract 5.4.0; crashes with SubprocessOutputError; upstream issue https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF/issues/1328
Do not forget export version https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python_package_guidelines#setuptools_or_distutils
Same thing as @tobias_de pointed out. Even when you install python-setuptools-scm makepkg still complains about a missing dependency.
$ pacman -Qs setuptools
local/python-setuptools 1:69.0.3-6 (python-build-backend)
Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
local/python-setuptools-scm 8.1.0-1
Handles managing your python package versions in scm metadata
ERROR Missing dependencies:
setuptools_scm[toml]>=7.0.5
With version 16.1.0 I initially got "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'deprecation'". Following the installation of the python-deprecation package, ocrmypdf now apparently works. Looks like a missing dependency?
Pinned Comments
fbrennan commented on 2023-05-12 22:54 (UTC)
The flag was invalid and has been removed with no action taken as no new version was released. There's nothing to do for this package; no new release has been made. Rebuild, as @eclairevoyant has said.