Installation of Jacksum for the command line on Microsoft Windows

1. Go to www.java.com and install the latest Java Runtime Environment, see also requirements, if a suitable JRE does not exist already on the computer.

2. Download and unzip the file called jacksum-1.7.0.zip.

   cd Downloadverzeichnis
   unzip jacksum-1.7.0.zip

3. Start Jacksum in a terminal by typing

   cd Installationfolder
   java -jar jacksum.jar

4. In order to start Jacksum with more comfort from any directory

   jacksum

you have to modify the batch file that is part of the distribution and place it in a folder that is reachable within your PATH environmentvariable (z. B. C:\Windows\system32).


The screenshot above shows the command line on Windows 10 with executed jacksum command.

5. Examples

Examples can be found in the manpage that you can see by tying:

   $ jacksum -h en examples

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