If i change some code lines in tesseract, what is the way to compile and have tesseract work with that new code?

[Merve Temizer]

Hello,

I remember i did this a couple of years ago,

i remember i write some command line like

-LsomeLibrary -Lsomethingelse 

i do not know what is the command gcc, or something else, maybe.

THanks for any idea

[Nick White]

Hi Merve.

Tesseract uses autotools to manage its compilation. Instructions for
it are here: https://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/wiki/Compiling

Beware though that if you couldn't figure this out, and have not
compiled code for years, you may find Tesseract's code a bit of a
challenge ;)

Good luck!

Nick

[Merve Temizer]

Hi,

I learned a bit about how can i tell what i have to do.

Before what i have to do; i must tell i have achieved to compile tesseract from source, and run some standard test on that installation.

I have noticed that i do NOT need exactly modify tesseract, instead, i must write some line of code that uses tesseract APIs and compile that code and run it.

I remeber as i wrote in previous mail i was compiling this kind of code with sth like

g++ -LsomeLibrary -Lsomethingelse -I lotsofthiskindofneeding

Could i tell what i have to do? 

21 Mayıs 2014 Çarşamba 18:44:59 UTC+3 tarihinde Nick White yazdı:

[zdenop]

On Friday, 23 May 2014 10:04:46 UTC+2, Merve Temizer wrote:

Hi,

I learned a bit about how can i tell what i have to do.

Before what i have to do; i must tell i have achieved to compile tesseract from source, and run some standard test on that installation.

I have noticed that i do NOT need exactly modify tesseract, instead, i must write some line of code that uses tesseract APIs and compile that code and run it.

I remeber as i wrote in previous mail i was compiling this kind of code with sth like

g++ -LsomeLibrary -Lsomethingelse -I lotsofthiskindofneeding 

Could i tell what i have to do? 

This was changed with implementation of autotools. Now it you need to use:

g++ -ltesseract ...

and if you use also some leptonica function in your code (which could be expected) add also -llept

Have a look at example in http://pastebin.com/0dV84hBa were is also compile command

[Nick White]

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 05:36:43AM -0700, zdenop wrote:
> This was changed with implementation of autotools. Now it you need to use:
>
> g++ -ltesseract ...
>
> and if you use also some leptonica function in your code (which could be
> expected) add also -llept

Yes, it's completely standard. The library is called 'tesseract, so
you use -ltesseract. If the library is installed in a nonstandard
location, you need -L/path/to/tesseract-lib, and if the includes are
in a nonstandard location, you'll need -I/path/to/tesseract-includes

Nick