nextcloud / nextcloud/nextcloudpi

Add tesseract-ocr to NCP build

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Description

Description
Hi - I was wondering if it would be possible to add tesseract-ocr to the NCP build? With tesseract-ocr we can start using the fulltextsearch OCR plugin which would be very handy.

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Inspect the NCP build configuration and package-installation entry points to find where system dependencies are declared. Confirm how tesseract-ocr is handled across supported build targets, then verify the resulting build provides the dependency needed by the fulltextsearch OCR plugin.

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Tech stack
shell
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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