Easyocr does not work with python3.11

[jianshen92]

Collecting opencv-python-headless<=4.5.4.60 (from easyocr->-r requirements/pypi.txt (line 4))
  Using cached opencv-python-headless-4.5.4.60.tar.gz (89.8 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [19 lines of output]
      Ignoring numpy: markers 'python_version == "3.6" and platform_machine != "aarch64" and platform_machine != "arm64"' don't match your environment
      Ignoring numpy: markers 'python_version == "3.7" and platform_machine != "aarch64" and platform_machine != "arm64"' don't match your environment
      Ignoring numpy: markers 'python_version == "3.8" and platform_machine != "aarch64" and platform_machine != "arm64"' don't match your environment
      Ignoring numpy: markers 'python_version <= "3.9" and sys_platform == "linux" and platform_machine == "aarch64"' don't match your environment
      Ignoring numpy: markers 'python_version <= "3.9" and sys_platform == "darwin" and platform_machine == "arm64"' don't match your environment
      Ignoring numpy: markers 'python_version == "3.9" and platform_machine != "aarch64" and platform_machine != "arm64"' don't match your environment
      Collecting setuptools
        Using cached setuptools-67.7.2-py3-none-any.whl (1.1 MB)
      Collecting wheel
        Using cached wheel-0.40.0-py3-none-any.whl (64 kB)
      Collecting scikit-build
        Using cached scikit_build-0.17.3-py3-none-any.whl (82 kB)
      Collecting cmake
        Using cached cmake-3.26.3-py2.py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl (24.0 MB)
      Collecting pip
        Using cached pip-23.1.2-py3-none-any.whl (2.1 MB)
      ERROR: Ignored the following versions that require a different python version: 1.21.2 Requires-Python >=3.7,<3.11; 1.21.3 Requires-Python >=3.7,<3.11; 1.21.4 Requires-Python >=3.7,<3.11; 1.21.5 Requires-Python >=3.7,<3.11; 1.21.6 Requires-Python >=3.7,<3.11
      ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement numpy==1.21.2 (from versions: 1.3.0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.10.0.post2, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.4, 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.3, 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.13.0, 1.13.1, 1.13.3, 1.14.0, 1.14.1, 1.14.2, 1.14.3, 1.14.4, 1.14.5, 1.14.6, 1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.15.2, 1.15.3, 1.15.4, 1.16.0, 1.16.1, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 1.16.5, 1.16.6, 1.17.0, 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.3, 1.17.4, 1.17.5, 1.18.0, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.18.3, 1.18.4, 1.18.5, 1.19.0, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.19.5, 1.20.0, 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.21.0, 1.21.1, 1.22.0, 1.22.1, 1.22.2, 1.22.3, 1.22.4, 1.23.0rc1, 1.23.0rc2, 1.23.0rc3, 1.23.0, 1.23.1, 1.23.2, 1.23.3, 1.23.4, 1.23.5, 1.24.0rc1, 1.24.0rc2, 1.24.0, 1.24.1, 1.24.2, 1.24.3)
      ERROR: No matching distribution found for numpy==1.21.2
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

[aarnphm]

Ah is this a limitation from easyocr, or is it from our end?

[jianshen92]

Yeap limitation on them. Just had a deeper look into their dependencies txt, so it was fixed in their codebase but it was not release to pypi.

https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/commit/5c68ae4b3f273500dbcfeb06832415d8704020d1

so I guess we can install the package from git repository instead of from pypi

[aarnphm]

sg.

[jianshen92]

Fixed in this commit https://github.com/bentoml/OCR-as-a-Service/pull/3/commits/951281e3410b55cb4393dfcf2a0da27ba36cac66