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Ant
 
 
Ant is an open-source Java-based build tool. The configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree where various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object that implements a particular Task interface.

The binary distribution of Ant includes the latest version of the Apache Xerces2 XML parser. Ant is distributed at no charge for commercial or non-commercial use. For more information read the LICENSE file.

The latest Ant version can be downloaded from: http://ant.apache.org/

Quick guides







Installing Ant 1.6.1



Information
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Operating system used
Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1 SP 2

Software prerequisites
Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) SDK, version 1.2 or higher.

Procedure
  1. Download and unzip apache-ant-1.6.1-bin.zip

  2. Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to the directory where you installed Ant.
    e.g.: ANT_HOME=C:\Tools\apache-ant-1.6.1
    Optionally, set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. This should be set to the directory where your JDK is installed.
    e.g.: JAVA_HOME=C:\Tools\java\j2sdk1.4.0_03

  3. Add the bin directory to your path.
    e.g.: PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin



  4. The classpath for Ant must contain ant.jar
    e.g.: CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%ANT_HOME%\lib\ant.jar

  5. To check if Ant is installed correctly, type: ant -version
    You should see:
    Apache Ant version 1.6.1 compiled on February 12 2004