Installation of gocfl

Before we begin the workshop, gocfl must be installed on your system. Since gocfl is written in Go, it can be installed directly via the Go package manager.

1. Prerequisites

An installed Go environment (Version 1.21 or newer is recommended).
Internet access to download the repository.

2. Installation Command

Run the following command in your terminal to install the specific version of gocfl for this workshop:

go install github.com/ocfl-archive/gocfl/v2/gocfl@v2.0.6-beta31

3. Verification

After installation, you can verify that gocfl was correctly installed and is available in your path (PATH):

gocfl --version

If the command is not found, ensure that your GOBIN directory (typically $HOME/go/bin or %USERPROFILE%\go\bin) is included in your PATH environment variable.

4. Tika Server

In this workshop, Tika is used for metadata extraction. The Tika server can be started with the following command:

java -jar /home/ocfl/tika-server-standard-3.2.3.jar

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