Finding JAVA

Running the MARC2RDA transformation from RIMMF requires that Java be installed on your computer.

First, let's check if you aready have Java.

Open a command prompt:

Click the Start menu button, or press the 'Win' key, then type 'cmd', press <Enter>

At the prompt, type 'java -version'

Does this display version details? If yes, you are done, Java is installed and ready.

If not, Java might still be installed.

Open the Control panel:

Click the Start menu button, or press the 'Win' key, then type 'control panel', press <Enter>

In the top left corner, make sure 'View by' is set to 'large' or 'small' icons

Find and select the link named 'Programs and features'

Scroll down looking for an entry named 'Java'

If you find it, the next task is to discover its location:

  Right-click on the column header 'Name' at the top of the list, 
select 'More',  check 'Location', then press 'OK'

  Go over to the 'Location' column for the Java entry and write down what you find there.

If you did not find it in your list of programs, there's one more thing to try (its important because installing multiple versions of Java is not recommended)

Open File Explorer and navigate to 'C:\Program Files'. Is there a 'Java' folder?

  Open it. It may contain a single folder indicated a version (eg. 'jdk-21', 'jre-11', etc.)
  Open that folder and look for a folder named 'bin'. 
  When you find it, write down the path (eg. 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre-11\bin')

If no success looking in 'Program Files', navigate to 'C:\Program Files (x86)' and repeat the same steps