%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Apache Ant The Apache Ant package is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is like the make command, but without make's wrinkles. Ant is different. Instead of a model that is extended with shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling out a target tree that executes various tasks. Each task is run by an object that implements a particular task interface. &lfs84_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &apache-ant-md5sum; Download size: &apache-ant-size; Estimated disk space required: &apache-ant-buildsize; Estimated build time: &apache-ant-time; Apache Ant Dependencies Required A JDK ( or ) and User Notes: First fix an incompatibility issue between the documentation standard used in the build tree, and the one expected by : sed -i 's/--add-modules java.activation/-html4/' build.xml Build a limited bootstrap version of Apache Ant using the following command: ./bootstrap.sh Download the runtime dependencies using the fetch.xml ant build script: bootstrap/bin/ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=optional Build Apache Ant by running the following command: ./build.sh -Ddist.dir=$PWD/ant-&apache-ant-version; dist Install, as the root user: cp -rv ant-&apache-ant-version; /opt/ && chown -R root:root /opt/ant-&apache-ant-version; && ln -sfv ant-&apache-ant-version; /opt/ant bootstrap/bin/ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=optional: Downloads the missing dependencies to user's home directory, and copy them into the source tree (in the lib/optional directory, where ant picks them up at build time). ./build.sh -Ddist.dir=$PWD/ant-&apache-ant-version; dist: This command builds, tests, then installs the package into a temporary directory. /etc/ant/ant.conf, ~/.ant/ant.conf, and ~/.antrc ~/.ant/ant.conf ~/.antrc /etc/ant/ant.conf Some packages will require ant to be in the search path and the ANT_HOME environment variable defined. Satisfy these requirements by issuing, as the root user: cat > /etc/profile.d/ant.sh << EOF # Begin /etc/profile.d/ant.sh pathappend /opt/ant/bin export ANT_HOME=/opt/ant # End /etc/profile.d/ant.sh EOF The above instrutions assume you have configured your system as described in . Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ant, antRun, antRun.pl, complete-ant-cmd.pl, runant.pl, and runant.py Numerous ant*.jar and dependant libraries in $ANT_HOME/lib /opt/ant-&apache-ant-version; Short Descriptions ant is a Java based build tool used by many packages instead of the conventional make program. ant antRun is a support script used to start ant build scripts in a given directory. antRun antRun.pl is a Perl script that provides similar functionality offered by the antRun script. antRun.pl complete-ant-cmd.pl is a Perl script that allows Bash to complete an ant command-line. complete-ant-cmd.pl runant.pl is a Perl wrapper script used to invoke ant. runant.pl runant.py is a Python wrapper script used to invoke ant. runant.py ant*.jar files are the Apache Ant Java class libraries. ant-*.jar