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Model file not found

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Trying to run the example and I get this error:

>>> import easyocr
>>> reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'])
CUDA not available - defaulting to CPU. Note: This module is much faster with a GPU.
Downloading detection model, please wait
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/myuser/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/easyocr/easyocr.py", line 168, in __init__
    urllib.request.urlretrieve(model_url['detector'][0] , DETECTOR_PATH)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 257, in urlretrieve
    tfp = open(filename, 'wb')
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/myuser/.EasyOCR/model/craft_mlt_25k.pth'

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

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jibakucommented, Jul 8, 2020

I created the directory and the line worked: mkdir -p /home/myuser/.EasyOCR/model

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rkcosmoscommented, Jul 8, 2020

I was in project directory before I accept this PR #45 . It is the standard practice to store additional file in home directory because if program is installed system-wide. User without root-privilege can still download and save new model.