Docling ingestion fails with "easyocr not installed" error

[CharnaParkey]

My document ingestion is failing with an OCR-related error that says easyocr is missing. How do I fix this?

[CharnaParkey]

Docling ingestion can fail with an OCR-related error that mentions easyocr is missing. This is likely due to a stale uv cache when you install OpenRAG with uvx.

When you invoke OpenRAG with uvx openrag, uvx creates a cached, ephemeral environment that doesn't modify your project. The location and path of this cache depends on your operating system. For example, on macOS, this is typically a user cache directory, such as ~/.cache/uv.

This cache can become stale, producing errors like missing dependencies.

1. If the TUI is open, press q to exit the TUI.
2. Clear the uv cache:
   uv cache clean
3. To clear the OpenRAG cache only, run:
   uv cache clean openrag
4. Invoke OpenRAG to restart the TUI:
   uvx openrag
5. Click Launch OpenRAG, and then retry document ingestion.

If you install OpenRAG with uv, dependencies are synced directly from your pyproject.toml file. This should automatically install easyocr because easyocr is included as a dependency in OpenRAG's pyproject.toml.

If you don't need OCR, you can disable OCR-based processing in your ingestion settings to avoid requiring easyocr.