Apache Ant is frequently used as a build tool in many environments, here’s the simple installation for Windows. As I haven’t had to install this in a very long time, but find myself doing it again, I’ve captured it here for reference.
- Download ZIP from: http://ant.apache.org/
- Uncompress it, generally I place tools like this at the root of my hard drive.
- Open the System Control Panel
- Add Environmental variable, ANT_HOME = “c:\apache-ant-x.xx”
- Update Environmental variable for PATH, adding %ANT_HOME%\bin
- Save changes in Control Panel.
- Open a new command window (DOS prompt).
- Enter: ant -version
- If your installation is correct, you should see output containing the version you’ve just installed.
Happy Builds!