OAI manual Installation and launch

The tool is distributed as a zip-file, named e.g. OAIHarvester-2.4.1-package, where the number indicates the version of the tool. The most recent version of the tool, v2.8.3, can be downloaded here.

Once you have downloaded the zip-file, please do the following:

• Uncompress the zip-file with winzip, 7-zip, unzip or a similar tool towards a location of your choice to create the executable and auxiliary files: two folders (named: conf and lib) and five files:

OAI Harvester manual, figure 1

• To launch the tool please perform the following steps according to your operating system (OS):
  • Using Windows: double-click on the file named oaiharvester.bat
  • Using Linux: use your terminal tool to launch the file named oaiharvester.sh (i.e. make sure that the file has at least execution rights on your system using this command: chmod +x oaiharvester.sh), then type in your terminal tool: sh oaiharvester.sh)
  • Using MacIntosh: double-click on the file named: oaiharvester.jar

The tool should now be running (see the screenshot below). If this is not the case, then please read the third chapter of this manual.

OAI Harvester manual, figure 2

When launched the tool creates two additional folders, data and logs; the first one will contain the harvested data and the second one the log files where the actions processed will be registered (useful in case errors occur):

OAI Harvester manual, figure 3

In the logs folder, the file named: harvester will indicate in detail how the harvests have been processed; this file allows you to check everything if needed.