Installing OpenRefine Support Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/openrefine

Downloading OpenRefine http://openrefine.org/download.html From this page you can download OpenRefine 2.6 (beta) and Google Refine 2.5. I recommend using OpenRefine 2.6 (beta). Although it is a ‘beta’ version, it has been available for over 2 years and has proved to be reliable and stable during that time. This page also has links to a number of separately maintained ‘forks’ of OpenRefine. In particular ‘LODRefine’ has been a popular fork for libraries.

Before installing OpenRefine In order to use OpenRefine you need to have a “Java SE Runtime Environment” (or JRE) installed. You may already have this installed. Check if you have a JRE installed: Windows: Open a command (cmd) prompt (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/open-a-command- prompt-window) Mac: Open a terminal window (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw7Nd67_aFw) Linux: Open a terminal window Type “java -version”

Java Version You should see something like (versions maybe different but you should have 1.7 or 1.8 generally): java -version java version "1.7.0_11" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_11-b21) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)

Install Java http://java.com If you don’t have Java installed, you can download and install from: http://java.com

Java variables Sometimes you need to tell your computer where Java is installed in order for ‘java -version’ to work You can do this by setting the ‘JAVA_HOME’ variable, and making sure this is in your ‘PATH’ Some (very) brief instructions at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19182-01/820- 7851/inst_cli_jdk_javahome_t/ For Windows some better directions at https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/setting-the- java_home-variable-in-windows-8895.html

Installing OpenRefine Once you have downloaded OpenRefine and have Java installed, you’ll want to install OpenRefine. On Windows this is slightly different to the usual software installation process: Mac: Use the installation tool Windows: Unzip/extract the downloaded files to where ever you want to install the s/w (this must be a folder on your local hard drive - OpenRefine doesn’t seem to react well to being on a network drive) Linux: Unzip/extract the downloaded files to where ever you want to install the s/w

Running OpenRefine Mac: Click the OpenRefine icon in your Applications folder (or elsewhere if you installed elsewhere) Windows: Navigate to the folder where you extracted OpenRefine, and click the ‘Refine.exe’ Linux: Navigate to the folder where you extracted OpenRefine in a terminal and type ‘./refine’

Using OpenRefine When you run OpenRefine it should open a browser window and show the OpenRefine interface. If this doesn’t happen, try opening a browser and going to: http://127.0.0.1:3333 OpenRefine doesn’t work well with Internet Explorer, so if the browser window that opens is IE (it will just use your default browser), open an alternative browser (e.g. Firefox, Chrome) and type the URL into that instead.