Installation: fits

Notes

Fits retrieves xml metadata from the files you upload to hydraDAM, which is a painless way to harvest pre-existing metadata like file type.

Steps

1. Change to the install directory mkdir -p /opt/install && cd /opt/install
2. Get fits wget http://fits.googlecode.com/files/fits-0.6.2.zip
3. Install fits.sh unzip fits-0.6.2.zip
sudo chmod +x fits-0.6.2/fits.sh
sudo cp -r fits-0.6.2/* /usr/local/bin/
4. Simlink fits to fit.sh
   sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/fits.sh /usr/local/bin/fits
5. Confirm fits. Typing fits should return “Invalid CLI options” and the fits usage notes. You can test your fits installation on the test.jpg you created when you tested ffmpeg: fits –i test.jpg should return a bunch of xml about your screenshot.
6. Troubleshoot fits as necessary. If you get “command not found”, try echo $PATH – if /usr/local/bin is not included, add it to the relevant user’s bash_profile. For more info, see the fits documentation

Verification/Validation Steps

Next Step

Proceed to Clone the git repo & install gems or return to the Overview page.