Create app_launcher.py

app_launcher.py

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+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+# Force installation of Tesseract at runtime
+def install_tesseract():
+    print("Installing Tesseract OCR...")
+    try:
+        # Update repositories
+        subprocess.run(['apt-get', 'update'], check=True)
+        # Install Tesseract and dependencies
+        subprocess.run(['apt-get', 'install', '-y', 'tesseract-ocr', 'libtesseract-dev', 
+                       'tesseract-ocr-eng', 'poppler-utils'], check=True)
+        print("Tesseract OCR installation complete.")
+        return True
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error installing Tesseract: {str(e)}")
+        return False
+
+# Check if Tesseract is installed
+def is_tesseract_installed():
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(['tesseract', '--version'], 
+                              capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        print(f"Tesseract is installed: {result.stdout.strip()}")
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False
+
+# Main entry point
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Check if Tesseract is installed
+    if not is_tesseract_installed():
+        # Try to install it
+        if install_tesseract():
+            print("Tesseract installed successfully.")
+        else:
+            print("Failed to install Tesseract. Continuing anyway...")
+    
+    # Run the main app
+    import app
+    app.app.launch()