Hello, yes, pipx is the way recommended by Debian and its forks, including UM. However, in order for an application to be installable by pipx, it first needs to be packaged for it, what's unfortunately not the case with ocrdesktop.
I wonder whether it actually could be done, since ocrdesktop is not quite standalone Python app, it requires a few dependencies like tesseract that need to be installed via the distribution's package manager. It's something that could be worth looking into in the future, though, right now I've chosen a faster and simpler approach, where a venv environment is created and simply provided as a runtime. It's not particularly slick, but I doubt a pipx installation would be either, this is the choice of dependency problems vs. containers, size vs. order. Best regards Rastislav Dňa 17. 9. 2023 o 15:39 Linux for blind general discussion napísal(a): > pipx is available in some distros and once pipx gets installed one package > installed with pipx becomes available globally that is jrnl. At least > that's what happened on debian bookworm. > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Could it work on other Debian-based distros like Linux mint? >> >> On 9/17/2023 2:44 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> as the title suggests, today I released a new version of UMAI, the >>> Ubuntu Mate Accessibility Improver utility. >>> >>> I felt this step to be increasingly more and more necessary, as the orca >>> and accessibility development in general is progressing and leaving the >>> last UM LTS in the dust. Wat's something I really love to see, except >>> UMAI needed some updates too as a consequence. >>> >>> Either way, 0.4 is here, bringing the support for Ubuntu Mate 23.04, and >>> all the new accessibility benefits. >>> >>> If you for some reason prefer sticking to LTS, that's fine too. 22.04 >>> remains supported like before, and will stay that way at least until 24.04. >>> >>> That's not the only change, though. Besides having the latest gnome-45 >>> Orca, 0.4 also removes the deb Firefox installation, meaning safer >>> browsing and less annoyance with reinstalls, weirdly behaving icons etc. >>> >>> another important change is related to ocrdesktop. As those of you >>> running the recent versions of Ubuntu / Debian have likely noticed, >>> there is a new policy being enforced in regards to working with Python >>> packages. It's no longer possible to install global packages / >>> dependencies like before, every Python app needs to have its own virtual >>> environment, where it's responsible for handling its dependencies. >>> >>> In other words, we're now forced to do things properly, what's quite a mess. >>> >>> Fortunately, if you don't want to fiddle with environments, packages and >>> dependencies, UMAI will now do this for you, on all supported systems. >>> >>> I'm really, really glad I can provide this functionality, ocrdesktop is >>> a critically essential accessibility tool, and I really can't imagine >>> any newcomer to Linux who may have no technical knowledge / skills at >>> all dealing with this. >>> >>> See: >>> https://github.com/RastislavKish/umai >>> >>> for more information. >>> >>> Have fun >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Rastislav >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@redhat.com >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
