Issue installing OCR integration in spectacle

Hello, I'm attempting to install this particular code from github
https://github.com/funinkina/spectacle-ocr-screenshot
It is meant to make it so that you can take a screenshot using spectacle and automatically perform OCR on it, outputting a small popup text window.
I'm recently migrated from windows 10, and am attempting to copy a similar functionality I used very often.
I'm specifically stuck on actually getting it to run, getting the following error :

./spectacle-ocr-screenshot: error while loading shared libraries: libtesseract.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

./spectacle-ocr-screenshot: error while loading shared libraries: libtesseract.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

./spectacle-ocr-screenshot: error while loading shared libraries: libtesseract.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

./spectacle-ocr-screenshot: error while loading shared libraries: libtesseract.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I had many issues trying to get it to this part, including using distrobox to install tesseract and the other requirements, but I had a lot of help and am generally lost on how to search for what to try next.

GitHub

GitHub - funinkina/spectacle-ocr-screenshot: A simple utility to au...

A simple utility to automatically extract text from spectacle on plasma desktops - funinkina/spectacle-ocr-screenshot

Solution

youll need to layer tesseract probably, for alternative you can try "Frog" in flathub, its not as seamless but works well for me

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NNaelu Hello, I'm attempting to install this particular code from github https://github...

asen23•6/6/25, 5:03 AM

youll need to layer tesseract probably, for alternative you can try "Frog" in flathub, its not as seamless but works well for me

NaeluOP•6/6/25, 5:23 AM

I'll google it, but what does layering mean in this context ?

NaeluOP•6/6/25, 5:29 AM

It would seem that frog takes full screenshots or active window, which is nicer than nothing, but not quite as good as what I'm looking for. It's an ok backup plan.
The pasted image works quite well, and is only a step off of what I want out of the github I mentioned.

NaeluOP•6/6/25, 5:30 AM

Also their keyboard shortcuts do not seem to work for me, and are unconfigurable.

NaeluOP•6/6/25, 5:38 AM

Attempting to understand layering has thwarted my patience, and frog will do.

NaeluOP•6/6/25, 5:38 AM

Thank you very much !

NNaelu I'll google it, but what does layering mean in this context ?

asen23•6/6/25, 6:03 AM

for future reference https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/

Installing and Managing Applications - Bazzite Documentation

Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices.

NaeluOP•6/6/25, 6:04 AM

My friend (who converted me to linux, and was searching for an easy OCR solution and found what I was attempting to do) also thanks you for finding us frog.

NaeluOP•6/6/25, 6:04 AM

They were able to get the other solution to work on their endeavor distro.

asen23•6/6/25, 6:07 AM

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