Python-camelot (Error: GhostscriptNotFound while it is installed)

Question

I am trying to extract tabular data from pdf using camelot and I am getting the following error.

Code:

tables = camelot.read_pdf(file_name)

Error:

GhostscriptNotFound: Please make sure that Ghostscript is installed and available on the PATH environment variable

I have already installed Ghostscript and I have it available on the PATH environment variable.

Please find below version details:

• Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
• Python 3.6.5 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Mar 29 2018, 13:32:41) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)]
• NumPy 1.14.3
• openCV 3.4.3
• Camelot 0.3.2

Please help resolve this issue.

Answer 1

I unistalled the 64bit and

1. Install the 32bit version

2. Add the following two paths on Windows Environment Variables:

   C:\Program Files(x86)\gs\gs9.26\bin

   C:\Program Files(x86)\gs\gs9.26\lib

and now it works

Answer 2

Download Ghostscript from here https://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html and add it to the path if required

Answer 3

Adding both the "bin" and "lib" paths for Ghostscript to the PATH worked for me:

• C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.26\bin
• C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.26\lib

Answer 4

For me using brew link -f --overwrite ghostscript solved the issue. I would recommend checking the suggested solutions on https://github.com/atlanhq/camelot/issues/282. That's where I also found my fix.