Using epubcheck .jar with Java

Erin · 05-27-2011, 02:47 PM

I'm having issues getting the epubcheck-1.2.jar + JAVA combination to work correctly. I've gone through as much troubleshooting as I can figure out and I'm still getting the same errors.

This is what I'm doing to run the check and the subsequent errors.

This is the setting I have currently to *attempt* to correctly assign java to my PATH in the environment variables.

And, yes, I have tried using the jre6\bin line but with no success. Am I writing my path line incorrectly? Do I have it assigned to the wrong folder/file? I'm not a programmer and I'm trying to understand Java enough to run this checker locally since I develop a high volume of books. Any help is appreciated!

----Erin Campbell
----eBook Developer
----TIPS Technical Publishing, Inc.

DaleDe · 05-27-2011, 04:30 PM

Since this has nothing to do with eBook reading and is about ePub generation I am moving this thread to the ePub forum where the experts are.

Erin · 05-27-2011, 06:14 PM

Thank you, I wasn't quite sure where to post.

PeterT · 05-27-2011, 07:06 PM

As an experiment I downloaded and installed the same version into C:\Tools\ePubCheck.

Executing it as

Quote:

D:\Downloads>java -jar c:\tools\epubcheck\epubcheck-1.2.jar "d:\Downloads\The_Land_sample.epub"
Epubcheck Version 1.2

ERROR: d:\Downloads\The_Land_sample.epub/OPS/content.opf(12): date value '2011/05/01' is not valid. The date must be in the form YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD 21 (e.g., "1993", "1993-05", or "1993-05-01"). See http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime.

Check finished with warnings or errors!

However.... you do know that there was also a lib directory present that contains some additional classes. When I renamed that directory I got the exact same error as you did.

Double check that you have the jar file on your desktop AND a lib folder present there as well that should contain jing.jar and saxon.jar.

Erin · 06-06-2011, 02:32 PM

Thank you, This was VERY helpful. What all of the "how-to" threads neglect to mention is that when you go to http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/downloads/list you need to download the SOURCE *and* BINARY .zip files.

Most, if not all, only instruct to "download epubcheck-1.2.zip" which, well, was not terribly elaborate enough of a, ahem, command. I hope others find this thread helpful!

Toxaris · 06-06-2011, 03:24 PM

Of course you can also use FlightCrew, which blows epubcheck out of the water...

JSWolf · 06-12-2011, 10:57 AM

Use FlightCrew and once FlightCrew says it's all OK, run it through ePubCheck and it should also say all is OK.

05-27-2011, 02:47 PM	#1
Erin eBook Developer Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: North Carolina Device: Kindle, iPad, Nook	Using epubcheck .jar with Java I'm having issues getting the epubcheck-1.2.jar + JAVA combination to work correctly. I've gone through as much troubleshooting as I can figure out and I'm still getting the same errors. This is what I'm doing to run the check and the subsequent errors. This is the setting I have currently to attempt to correctly assign java to my PATH in the environment variables. And, yes, I have tried using the jre6\bin line but with no success. Am I writing my path line incorrectly? Do I have it assigned to the wrong folder/file? I'm not a programmer and I'm trying to understand Java enough to run this checker locally since I develop a high volume of books. Any help is appreciated! ----Erin Campbell ----eBook Developer ----TIPS Technical Publishing, Inc.

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DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Since this has nothing to do with eBook reading and is about ePub generation I am moving this thread to the ePub forum where the experts are.

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Erin eBook Developer Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: North Carolina Device: Kindle, iPad, Nook	Thank you, I wasn't quite sure where to post.

06-06-2011, 02:32 PM	#5
Erin eBook Developer Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: North Carolina Device: Kindle, iPad, Nook	Thank you, This was VERY helpful. What all of the "how-to" threads neglect to mention is that when you go to http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/downloads/list you need to download the SOURCE and BINARY .zip files. Most, if not all, only instruct to "download epubcheck-1.2.zip" which, well, was not terribly elaborate enough of a, ahem, command. I hope others find this thread helpful!

06-06-2011, 03:24 PM	#6
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Of course you can also use FlightCrew, which blows epubcheck out of the water...

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,887 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Use FlightCrew and once FlightCrew says it's all OK, run it through ePubCheck and it should also say all is OK.