OCRmyPDF: fatal error: qpdf/Constants.h - pip3 install ocrmypdf and pikepdf on ubuntu win10 subsystem failed

Hi,

there was a thread with the same problem that is closed meanwhile and did not solve my problem. I try to install ocrmypdf on ubuntu LTS 18.04 subsystem for Windows 10 I run into:

src/qpdf/annotation.cpp:11:10: fatal error: qpdf/Constants.h: No such file or directory #include <qpdf/Constants.h> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. and subsequent errors.

What can I do?

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Try that: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

Then: python3 -m pip install pikepdf

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Jeparre on May 16, 2020

Pinned because this issue is common.

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jbarlow83 on Dec 7, 2019

@frahlg your solution worked for me (brew install qpdf), thank you!

I was having the same situation (problems with Mac M1 chip)

thefirebanks on Jan 24, 2023

Ended up here because of build problems on my Mac. Fixed it by installing qpdf manually with brew. https://ports.macports.org/port/qpdf/

frahlg on Jan 21, 2023

I found this on Reddit. Solved my issue.

The compilation cannot succeed because it relies on your system having a particular library and the source code (or at least the description of the library’s interface), which is the header files it’s missing.

Probably, something like apt-get install libqpdf-dev will solve your problem.

LikeCarter on Feb 9, 2021

For Arch Linux, installing qpdf should be enough.

DUOLabs333 on Sep 15, 2021

@brje pikepdf 2.0.0b1 and Python 3.9 should work now. You’d have to force pip to install pikepdf 2.0.0b1 since it’s a beta.

jbarlow83 on Dec 30, 2022