[tesseract-ocr] Re: Easiest way to run Tesseract from a Mac

2015-09-17 Thread buyi wen
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Re: [tesseract-ocr] Re: Easiest way to run Tesseract from a Mac

2015-08-21 Thread Hugi Thordarson
Hi all, >From experience, I think Homebrew should be suggested as the primary means of >installation. When I first attempted to use tesseract, I spent hours fighting >macports and then trying to compile tesseract myself. I was about to give up >when I finally happened upon homebrew which worked

Re: [tesseract-ocr] Re: Easiest way to run Tesseract from a Mac

2015-08-21 Thread Allistair
OK but you forget some users will prefer to use MacPorts. Instead of forcing Homebrew onto them, I see no harm in offering alternates to accommodate different tastes. On 21 August 2015 at 15:07, Nick White wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 02:13:17PM +0100, Allistair wrote: > > This, I think, jus

Re: [tesseract-ocr] Re: Easiest way to run Tesseract from a Mac

2015-08-21 Thread Nick White
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 02:13:17PM +0100, Allistair wrote: > This, I think, just illustrates there is no one-size-fits-all approach. All > methods should be enumerated for installing Tesseract for Mac. I disagree. Mac OS X is a homogenous enough system that we ought to be able to do it right, onc

Re: [tesseract-ocr] Re: Easiest way to run Tesseract from a Mac

2015-08-21 Thread Allistair
This, I think, just illustrates there is no one-size-fits-all approach. All methods should be enumerated for installing Tesseract for Mac. On 21 August 2015 at 13:04, Helmut Wollmersdorfer < helmut.wollmersdor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am Donnerstag, 20. August 2015 14:44:49 UTC+2 schrieb Nick W

[tesseract-ocr] Re: Easiest way to run Tesseract from a Mac

2015-08-21 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am Donnerstag, 20. August 2015 14:44:49 UTC+2 schrieb Nick White: > > Hi all, > > I was looking at the Tesseract wiki, and it states that "The easiest > way to install Tesseract is with MacPorts." I don't think that is > true any more. MacPorts requires XCode to be manually installed > before