Error encountered while installing PDF::OCR2

bobproct has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm wanting to install PSDF::OCR2, a module with several dependencies. The one module that seems to be causing problems is PDF::GetImages. Most of the other dependencies have been installed OK. Here are the installed modules.

Roberts-MacBook-Pro:WORK_DIR_XXX rproctor$ instmodsh
Name "main::running_under_some_shell" used only once: possible typo at
+ /usr/bin/instmodsh5.12 line 3.
Available commands are:
   l            - List all installed modules
   m <module>   - Select a module
   q            - Quit the program
cmd? l
Installed modules are:
   App::cpanminus
   Bundle::NetSNMP
   CAM::PDF
   CPAN::Meta
   CPAN::Meta::Requirements
   CPAN::Meta::YAML
   Crypt::RC4
   Devel::Symdump
   ExtUtils::MakeMaker
   File::Path
   File::PathInfo
   File::PathInfo::Ext
   File::Type
   File::Which
   File::chmod
   Font::TTF
   Getopt::Std::Strict
   IPC::Run3
   JSON::PP
   LEOCHARRE::CLI
   LEOCHARRE::CLI2
   LEOCHARRE::Class2
   LEOCHARRE::Debug
   LEOCHARRE::Dir
   Linux::usermod
   Module::Build
   Module::Metadata
   PDF::API2
   PDF::Burst
   Parse::CPAN::Meta
   Perl
   Perl::OSType
   Probe::Perl
   Smart::Comments
   String::ShellQuote
   Test::Script
   Text::PDF
   Time::Format
   YAML
   mod_perl2
   version
cmd? q
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:WORK_DIR_XXX rproctor$ sudo cpan PDF::GetImages
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Here is the Console:

Roberts-MacBook-Pro:PDF-GetImages-1.18 rproctor$ cpanm PDF::GetImage
/Users/rproctor/.cpanm/build.log: Permission denied at /loader/0x7fb7f
+403ffc0/App/cpanminus/script.pm line 202.
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:PDF-GetImages-1.18 rproctor$ sudo cpanm PDF::GetIm
+age
Password:
! Finding PDF::GetImage on cpanmetadb failed.
! Finding PDF::GetImage on search.cpan.org failed.
! Finding PDF::GetImage on mirror http://search.cpan.org/CPAN failed.
! Couldn't find module or a distribution PDF::GetImage
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:PDF-GetImages-1.18 rproctor$ sudo cpanm PDF::GetIm
+ages
--> Working on PDF::GetImages
Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/L/LE/LEOCHARRE/PDF-Get
+Images-1.18.tar.gz ... OK
Configuring PDF-GetImages-1.18 ... N/A
! Configure failed for PDF-GetImages-1.18. See /Users/rproctor/.cpanm/
+build.log for details.
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:PDF-GetImages-1.18 rproctor$
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Here is the build.log file

cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.4008 on perl 5.012004 built for darwin-thread
+-multi-2level
Work directory is /Users/rproctor/.cpanm/work/1365358841.74179
You have make /usr/bin/make
You have LWP 6.03
You have /usr/bin/tar: bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3
You have /usr/bin/unzip
Searching PDF::GetImages on cpanmetadb ...
--> Working on PDF::GetImages
Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/L/LE/LEOCHARRE/PDF-Get
+Images-1.18.tar.gz
-> OK
Unpacking PDF-GetImages-1.18.tar.gz
Entering PDF-GetImages-1.18
Checking configure dependencies from META.yml
Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 0 ... Yes (6.64)
Configuring PDF-GetImages-1.18
Running Makefile.PL
Cannot find pdfimages executable.
-> N/A
-> FAIL Configure failed for PDF-GetImages-1.18. See /Users/rproctor/.
+cpanm/build.log for details.
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Any suggestions for fixing this problem?

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Re: Error encountered while installing PDF::OCR2 by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 07, 2013 at 21:45 UTC
It's important to read the documentation for modules you're trying to install. PDF::GetImages: "Get images out of a pdf document. This code makes use of pdfimages which is part of xpdf." Install the xpdf package for your platform.	[reply]
Re^2: Error encountered while installing PDF::OCR2 by bobproct (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2013 at 01:57 UTC
I'm wanting to install PDF::OCR2. I got past the previous problem. Thanks very much to marto for mentioning my oversight of the Xpdf dependency. I'm running on a Retina MacBook Pro (MacBookPro10,1) 16 GB with OS X 10.8.3. Now I'm having a problem installing the Image::OCR::Tesseract dependency. Here is my console: Roberts-MacBook-Pro:Perl_Modules rproctor$ sudo cpanm PDF::OCR2 Password: --> Working on PDF::OCR2 Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/L/LE/LEOCHARRE/PDF-OCR +2-1.21.tar.gz ... OK Configuring PDF-OCR2-1.21 ... OK ==> Found dependencies: Image::OCR::Tesseract --> Working on Image::OCR::Tesseract Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/L/LE/LEOCHARRE/Image-O +CR-Tesseract-1.24.tar.gz ... OK Configuring Image-OCR-Tesseract-1.24 ... N/A ! Configure failed for Image-OCR-Tesseract-1.24. See /Users/rproctor/. +cpanm/build.log for details. ! Bailing out the installation for PDF-OCR2-1.21. Retry with --prompt +or --force. Roberts-MacBook-Pro:Perl_Modules rproctor$ [download] Here is the build.log file cpanm (App::cpanminus) 1.4008 on perl 5.012004 built for darwin-thread +-multi-2level Work directory is /Users/rproctor/.cpanm/work/1365451076.5809 You have make /usr/bin/make You have LWP 6.03 You have /usr/bin/tar: bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3 You have /usr/bin/unzip Searching Image::OCR::Tesseract on cpanmetadb ... --> Working on Image::OCR::Tesseract Fetching http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/L/LE/LEOCHARRE/Image-O +CR-Tesseract-1.24.tar.gz -> OK Unpacking Image-OCR-Tesseract-1.24.tar.gz Entering Image-OCR-Tesseract-1.24 Checking configure dependencies from META.yml Checking if you have ExtUtils::MakeMaker 0 ... Yes (6.64) Configuring Image-OCR-Tesseract-1.24 Running Makefile.PL Cannot find convert executable. -> N/A -> FAIL Configure failed for Image-OCR-Tesseract-1.24. See /Users/rpro +ctor/.cpanm/build.log for details. [download] I looked around but didn't find any clue on whereabouts of 'convert'. Any suggestions for fixing this problem? Thanks.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Error encountered while installing PDF::OCR2 by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 09, 2013 at 04:02 UTC
`Cannot find convert executable.` [download] The INSTALL file says: `# INSTALL # ====== # # You will need to have accessible to perl the paths to executables: t +esseract and convert # You will need ImageMagick installed. # If the executables are not installed, testing will be incomplete, in +stallation will still take place.` [download] The documentation says: `Included in this package is t/tesseract_install_helper.pl which will c +heck for packages needed.` [download] So you need to install the ImageMagick software for your platform.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Error encountered while installing PDF::OCR2 by bobproct (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2013 at 12:30 UTC
Re^5: Error encountered while installing PDF::OCR2 by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 09, 2013 at 12:41 UTC
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Re^5: Error encountered while installing PDF::OCR2 by hdb (Monsignor) on Apr 09, 2013 at 12:36 UTC

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