Running in Windows gives error but running in Ubuntu with same script is fine

Hello,

Here is the working script which works on Linux.

const tesseract = require('node-tesseract-ocr');

const config = {
  lang: 'eng',
  oem: 1,
  psm: 3
}
 
tesseract
  .recognize('image.jpg', config)
  .then(text => {
    console.log('Result:', text)
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('error:', err)
  })

Here is the non-working script I used on Windows (same package.json).

const tesseract = require('node-tesseract-ocr');

const config = {
  lang: 'eng',
  oem: 1,
  psm: 3
}
 
tesseract
  .recognize('image.jpg', config)
  .then(text => {
    console.log('Result:', text)
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log('error:', err)
  })

Identical.

Here is the error message:

error: { Error: Command failed: tesseract image.jpg stdout -l eng --oem 1 --psm 3
'tesseract' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:294:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
  killed: false,
  code: 1,
  signal: null,
  cmd: 'tesseract image.jpg stdout -l eng --oem 1 --psm 3' }

What is going on? How can I solve this error?

[PauloKoglin]

Hi @doverradio , I had the same problem. I assume you’re using VS-Code to code and to run it (with the VS-Code Terminal). In these case, the problem is something with the Powershell, that doesn’t recognize the command “tesseract”.

To solve this problem, try to run your application using CMD. It works fine for me.

[ToWelie89]

Hi @doverradio , I had the same problem. I assume you’re using VS-Code to code and to run it (with the VS-Code Terminal). In these case, the problem is something with the Powershell, that doesn’t recognize the command “tesseract”.

To solve this problem, try to run your application using CMD. It works fine for me.

Didn’t solve it for me. I tried installing the pacakge globally as well but that didn’t help