# OCR Service Development Environment

Unit 5 uses the repository-local virtual environment `ocr-service/.venv`. It is intentionally retained between runs and ignored by Git. Do not install these dependencies globally.

## Create or recreate

From the repository root:

```bash
rm -rf ocr-service/.venv
python3 -m venv ocr-service/.venv
ocr-service/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r ocr-service/requirements.txt
```

Activate it with `source ocr-service/.venv/bin/activate`.

## Test

```bash
ocr-service/.venv/bin/python -m pytest ocr-service/tests -k auth
```

PaddleOCR, rendering, container images, and production model readiness belong to Unit 6 and are not installed by this manifest.