Installation

eputil, epfmt, doi2eprintxml are command line programs run from a shell like Bash. ep2apid is a web service that can also be run from the command line or setup as a “daemon” and run from systemd. They allow you to harvest, work with EPrint repository content, and import content from CrossRef and DataCite.

Quick install with curl

There is an experimental installer.sh script that can be run with the following command to install lastest table release. This may work for macOS, Linux and if you’re using Windows with the Unix subsystem.

curl https://caltechlibrary.github.io/eprinttools/installer.sh | sh

Below are generalized instructions for installation of a release.

Compiled version

Compiled versions are available for macOS (Intel and M1 processors as macos-amd64 or macos-arm64), Linux (amd64 process, linux-amd64), Windows (amd64 and arm64 processor, windows-amd64 and windows-arm64) and Rapsberry Pi (arm7 processor, raspbian-arm7)

VERSION_NUMBER is a symantic version number (e.g. v1.3.0)

For all the released version go to the project page on Github and click latest release

https://github.com/caltechlibrary/eprinttools/releases/latest

The basic recipe

• Find the Zip file listed matching the architecture you’re running and download it - (e.g. if you’re on a Windows 10 laptop/Surface with a amd64 style CPU you’d choose the Zip file with “windows-amd64” in the name).
• Download the zip file and unzip the file.
• Copy the contents of the folder named “bin” to a folder that is in your path - (e.g. “$HOME/bin” is common).
• Adjust your PATH if needed - (e.g. export PATH="\$HOME/bin:\$PATH")
• Test

Mac OS X

1. Download the zip file
2. Unzip the zip file
3. Copy the executables to $HOME/bin (or a folder in your path)
4. Make sure the new location in in our path
5. Test

Here’s an example of the commands run in the Terminal App after downloading the zip file.

Intel Hardware

    cd Downloads/
    unzip eprinttools-*-macos-amd64.zip
    mkdir -p $HOME/bin
    cp -v bin/* $HOME/bin/
    export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
    eputil -version

M1 (ARM64) Hardware

    cd Downloads/
    unzip eprinttools-*-macos-arm64.zip
    mkdir -p $HOME/bin
    cp -v bin/* $HOME/bin/
    export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
    eputil -version

Windows

1. Download the zip file
2. Unzip the zip file
3. Copy the executables to $HOME/bin (or a folder in your path)
4. Test

Here’s an example of the commands run in from the Bash shell on Windows 10 after downloading the zip file.

Intel (amd64) Hardware

    cd Downloads/
    unzip eprinttools-*-windows-amd64.zip
    mkdir -p $HOME/bin
    cp -v bin/* $HOME/bin/
    export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
    eputil -version

ARM64 Hardware

    cd Downloads/
    unzip eprinttools-*-windows-arm64.zip
    mkdir -p $HOME/bin
    cp -v bin/* $HOME/bin/
    export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
    eputil -version

Windows on ARM is relatively rare (in 2023). There are a few Windows for ARM developer boxes out and some Microsoft Surface tablets use an ARM processor.

To find out what type of processor you are running on Windows you can type “systeminfo” into the command prompt or search in the taskbar for “systeminfo” then click on the System Information menu item. You’re looking for an entry for “processor”. It may look something like

~~~ Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed. [01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 12 GenuineIntel ~1803 Mhz ~~

If you see “Intel” somewhere in the description choose the Zip file with “windos” and “amd64” in the name.

Linux

1. Download the zip file
2. Unzip the zip file
3. Copy the executables to $HOME/bin (or a folder in your path)
4. Test

Here’s an example of the commands run in from the Bash shell after downloading the zip file.

    cd Downloads/
    unzip eprinttools-*-linux-amd64.zip
    mkdir -p $HOME/bin
    cp -v bin/* $HOME/bin/
    export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
    eputil -version

Raspberry Pi

Released version is for a Raspberry Pi 2 or later use (i.e. requires ARM 7 support).

1. Download the zip file
2. Unzip the zip file
3. Copy the executables to $HOME/bin (or a folder in your path)
4. Test

Here’s an example of the commands run in from the Bash shell after downloading the zip file.

    cd Downloads/
    unzip eprinttools-*-raspbian-arm7.zip
    mkdir -p $HOME/bin
    cp -v bin/* $HOME/bin/
    export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
    eputil -version

Compiling from source

eprinttools is “go gettable”. Use the “go get” command to download the dependant packages as well as eprinttools’s source code.

    go get -u github.com/caltechlibrary/eprinttools/...

Or clone the repstory and then compile

    cd
    git clone https://github.com/caltechlibrary/eprinttools \
        src/github.com/caltechlibrary/eprinttools
    cd src/github.com/caltechlibrary/eprinttools
    make
    make test
    make install