I don't think setting the variable has any effect on the build
process. Unless you change the make script, it's likely that a build
will put the outputs (binary executable and tessdata) in the same
locations, overwriting outputs from previous builds.

On Jan 6, 12:44 am, 74yrs old <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the valuable guidance. Since the issue is not clear to me(newbie
> to linux), it is presumed that one has to use commandline as follows:
> At the time of installation of *each*  version separately, the commandline
> will be as follow:
> {all tessdata(three) of different versions of tesseract under tesseract
> 2.03/ tesseract 2.04 and tesseract 3.04 folders - will be in home  viz. *
> sriranga}
>
> * 1)*for  version 2.03*
> tessdata_prefix = "* Sriranga/ *"
>  ./configure
>  make
> sudo make.
>
> 2)*for  version 2.04*
> tessdata_prefix = "* Sriranga/ *"
>  ./configure
>  make
> sudo make.
>
> 3)*for version 3.0*
> tessdata_prefix = " *Sriranga/* "
>  ./configure
>  make
> sudo make.
>
> With regards,
> -sriranga(77yrsold)
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:16 AM, nguyenq <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As instructed inhttp://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/wiki/ReadMe:
>
> > export TESSDATA_PREFIX="directory in which your tessdata resides/"
>
> > Note that the directory path must end in a /.
>
> > Since you have the data in different places for different versions,
> > you would need to export everytime you switch version.
>
> > On Jan 5, 12:38 am, 74yrs old <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the clarification. Since I am newbie to Linux, will you please
> > > explain with sample commandline or screenshot how to set the location of
> > > tessdata. whether it should be done at the time of installation of each
> > > version?
>
> > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:57 AM, nguyenq <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I think you can set the location of tessdata via the environment
> > > > variable TESSDATA_PREFIX for each instance.
>
> > > > On Jan 4, 2:11 am, 76yrsold <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >  I have downloaded tesseract versions(all) viz 2.03 , 2,04 and 3.0.
> > > > > and all compiled  in ubuntu 9.04 individually. and also installed
> > > > > Kannada tessdata files at the time of installation of tesseract 2.03
> > > > > only  i have not installed tessdata files in other versions viz. 2.04
> > > > > and 3.0.
> > > > > When I run in tesseract-ocr 2.03, 2.04 and 3.0  same error message
> > > > > will displayed.
> > > > > In fact, I have not installed separate kannada tessdata files for
> > each
> > > > > of versions viz. 2.04 and 3.0
> > > > > It appears all versions of tesseract-ocr uses same kannada datafiles
> > > > > installed in 2.03 and displayed output.
> > > > > This proves that all versions of tesseract-ocr does not have its
> > > > > independent folder including tessdata just like in WinXP.
>
> > > > > In WinXP  it works independently provided for each versions should
> > > > > have separate datafiles under folder "Tessdata". If run in
> > > > > tesseract-0cr 3.0 error message  will displayed for <lang>
> > > > > traindeddataone
>
> > > > > Since I am not well versed with linux, seeking valuable guidance  how
> > > > > to make run different versions of tesseract run independently in
> > linux
> > > > > without using same single tessdata folder.  I  may be wrong in coming
> > > > > to conclusion.
> > > > > With regards,
> > > > > -sriranga(77yrsold)
>
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