JHOVE Installation Guide for Windows XP
[Contributed 2006-08-22 by Michael Stuart, UCSD]

1 Download and install a J2SE 1.4 Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

1. The Sun J2SE 1.4 SDK (including a JRE and all code packages necessary for re-compilation) is available here. Instructions are available here. The current self-installing executable file is

   jsdk-1_4_2_12-windows-i586-p.exe

2. Exectute the downloaded file, installing the SDK in the folder

   C:\Program Files\Java

   For the current downloadable file, this will result in the folder

   C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_12

2 Download and install JHOVE

1. JHOVE is available here.

2. The current downloadable ZIP file is

   jhove-1_1.zip

3. Extract the ZIP file to a new folder named

   C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\jhove

   where USERNAME is the user name of your Windows XP account on the installation machine.

   Edit the JHOVE configuration file

   C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\jhove\conf\jhove.conf

   and

   1. Change the value of the <jhoveHome> tag so that it reads as follows:

      <jhoveHome>"C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\jhove"</jhoveHome>

      Make sure to include the quotation marks at the beginning and end of the tag value.

   2. Change the value of the <tempDirectory> tag so that it reads as follows:

      <tempDirectory>C:\temp</tempDirectory>

   where USERNAME is the user name of your Windows XP account on the installation machine.

4. Edit the JHOVE batch file

   C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\jhove\jhove.bat

   and change the following parameters to these values (making sure to include the quotation marks):

   JHOVE_HOME="C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\jhove"
   JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\java\j2re1.4.2_12"
   JAVA=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java
   

   where USERNAME is the user name of your Windows XP account on the installation machine.

3 Using the JHOVE GUI Interface

1. There are two ways to launch the JHOVE GUI interface:

   1. From a DOS command line navigate to the JHOVE folder

      C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\jhove

      and issue the following command:

      java –jar bin/JhoveView.jar

      where USERNAME is the user name of your Windows XP account on the installation machine.

   2. Double-click the “My computer” icon on the desktop, then type the folder name

      C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\jhove\bin

      in the Address box, then double-Click on JhoveView.jar icon to launch JHOVE.

Please refer to the documentation for further information on using JHOVE.

For more information: jhove-support@hulmail.harvard.edu