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+# Template file for 'python3-pyocr'
+pkgname=python3-pyocr
+version=0.8.5
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-build python3-installer python3-setuptools_scm python3-wheel"
+depends="python3 tesseract-ocr"
+short_desc="Python wrapper for Tesseract and Cuneiform"
+maintainer="idealist1508 <id1508-github@yahoo.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/pyocr"
+distfiles="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/pyocr/-/archive/${version}/pyocr-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=ba9c63cfac7bb6e441590053954466b41768e6b87f1b279c2d62460cad8bb174
+
+do_build() {
+	python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	python -m installer --destdir="$DESTDIR" dist/*.whl
+}