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title: Install OCR PDF - Make PDFs Searchable on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of OCR PDF - Make PDFs Searchable for Linux -
  Make a folder of PDF files text-searchable
url: https://snapcraft.io/ocr-pdfs
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# OCR PDF - Make PDFs Searchable (ocr-pdfs)

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* [Michael Naughton (mn-justiceoptimized)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/mn-justiceoptimized "View all snaps from Michael Naughton (mn-justiceoptimized)")
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latest/stable 1.0.3

Install latest/stable of OCR PDF - Make PDFs Searchable

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install ocr-pdfs
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* ocr-pdfs

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 18 May 2026 - latest/stable
* 18 May 2026 - latest/edge

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### Contact

* [mike@justiceoptimized.com](mailto:mike@justiceoptimized.com "mailto:mike@justiceoptimized.com")

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### Source code

* [github.com/michnaugh1/lawbuntu](https://github.com/michnaugh1/lawbuntu "https://github.com/michnaugh1/lawbuntu")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/michnaugh1/lawbuntu/issues](https://github.com/michnaugh1/lawbuntu/issues "https://github.com/michnaugh1/lawbuntu/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/ocr-pdfs#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/ocr-pdfs#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/ocr-pdfs#tab-security)

#### Make a folder of PDF files text-searchable

A simple tool for attorneys and legal professionals to make scanned
PDF files text-searchable using OCR. Select a folder, click one
button, and all PDFs are processed in-place.

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## Install OCR PDF - Make PDFs Searchable on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/ocr-pdfs/raspbian)