Download:
sourceforge.net/projects/jhove/files/
install:
1.) Navigate to your downloads folder and find the file "jhove-1_6.zip".
2.) Double click this file to create the folder "jhove". Drag this to the Desktop.
3.) Next we have to edit the configuration file:
-Open the folder entitled "jhove", which should now be on your Desktop.
-Open the folder entitled "conf", inside the "jhove" folder.
-Open the file "jhove.conf" in a text editor such as textWrangler or textEdit (but NOT microsoft Word).
-Find the line in this file that starts "<jhoveHome>", around line 7.
-This line, by default, should read "<jhoveHome>/users/stephen/projects/jhove</jhoveHome>".
-You need to change the text between the tags to read "/Users/YOUR USER NAME/Desktop/jhove".
-For example, I would change the line to read "<jhoveHome>/Users/Jason/Desktop/jhove</jhoveHome>" (without parentheses).
-Save this file and close it.
4.) Now, we have to edit the Jhove shell driver script.
-Inside the "jhove" folder, find a file that is simply named "jhove", with no extension.
-Open this file in a text editor. Make sure you do not just click on the file, since this will execute it in the terminal.
-We have to edit two lines in this file. They begin on line 30 and start JHOVE_HOME = ... JAVA_HOME = ...
-This first of these should by default, read "JHOVE_HOME=fill in path to jhove directory"
-Simply replace the text after "=" with the same path that we used in <jhoveHome> in the configuration file.
-For example, for me this line will read "JHOVE_HOME=/Users/Jason/Desktop/jhove" (without the quotes).
-Next we have to set the JAVA HOME path in the next line, which right now should read "JAVA_HOME=/usr/java"
-There is no easy way to find your computer's JAVA HOME path, but if you are on a computer in the library it should be "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home".
-Change this line to read "JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home"
-That's all! Save this file and close it. Now we're ready to run Jhove.
Running Jhove:
1.) Open a terminal window by navigating to "Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal" and clicking on the Terminal icon.
2.) In the terminal window, type the following commands exactly as they appear, hitting "return" after each line.
cd Desktop/jhove
java -jar bin/JhoveView.jar -c ./conf/jhove.conf
3.) The Jhove graphic user interface should appear.