Installing from Source

VuFind is a web application and is built from a scripting language and therefore does not need to be built or compiled. However the MARC Import Tool is a Java application that does need to be compiled. Follow these simple steps to build the import tool.

Build the MARC Importer

  1. Install Apache Ant
  2. Run Ant to compile the Import Tool:
  %> ant jar
  1. Ant will produce the Import tool as a jar file named VuFind-version-date.jar in the import directory
  2. Rename the newly created jar file to import.jar

Now the import tool can be run from the import.sh script.