Mini-Howto for Apache Jena RDF Framework /ARQ SPARQL engine Installation: Download the complete Jena Framework from the Apache Incubator: http://www.apache.org/dist/incubator/jena/apache-jena-2.7.0-incubating.zip Unpack to a directory, e.g. C:\Whatever\Apache-Jena-2.7.0-incubating or /home/user/apache-jena-2.7.0-incubating Set the JENAROOT environment variable - On Linux/Mac (with the bash shell): open a shell export JENAROOT=/home/user/apache-jena-2.7.0-incubating - On Windows: Open Systemsteuerung/Control Panel Search for "Umgebungsvariablen"/Environment Variables (you should get 2 hits) Open "Umgebungsvariablen für dieses Konto" Add a new user variable JENAROOT, with the value containing the installation path of Jena, e.g. C:\Whatever\Apache-Jena-2.7.0-incubating Run Queries: - On Mac/Linux, use the shell you opened before - On Windows, open a command prompt/Eingabeaufforderung Go to the installation directory - On Mac/Linux, go to the "bin" directory - On Windows, go to the "bat" directory You can now run ARQ as follows: ./sparql --query q17a.rq --graph persons.n3 (Mac/Linux) or sparql.bat --query q17a.rq --graph persons.n3 (Windows)