%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Apache Ant The Apache Ant package is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like make, but without make's wrinkles. Ant is different. Instead of a model where it 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 where various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object that implements a particular task interface. 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; Additional Downloads Required Patch: Apache Ant Dependencies Required You may need additional libraries to satisify the build requirements of various packages installed using Apache Ant. Review the table at for any prerequisite libraries you may need. One such library is the JUnit testing framework library. Many Ant-installed packages will use this library to perform the unit tests during the build process. To install the JUnit library along with the Apache Ant package, download it from , unzip the distribution file (requires ) and copy the junit.jar file into the lib subdirectory of the Apache Ant source tree before beginning the Apache Ant build. Install Apache Ant by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../apache-ant-&apache-ant-version;-blfs_install-1.patch Now, as the root user: ./build.sh -Ddist.dir=/opt/ant-&apache-ant-version; dist && ln -v -sf /etc/ant /opt/ant-&apache-ant-version;/etc && ln -v -sf ant-&apache-ant-version; /opt/ant ./build.sh -Ddist.dir=/opt/ant-&apache-ant-version; dist: This command does everything. It builds the package, then installs the package into /opt/ant-&apache-ant-version;. ln -v -sf /etc/ant /opt/ant-&apache-ant-version;/etc: The patch changes the configuration directory to /etc/ant to conform with FHS guidelines. This command creates a symlink from the configuration directory back to the installation directory as the package is expecting to find the files there. ln -v -sf ant-&apache-ant-version; /opt/ant: This command is optional, and creates a convenience symlink. /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 $ANT_HOME environment variable defined. Satisfy these requirements by adding the following lines to /etc/profile or to individual user's ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files: export PATH=$PATH:/opt/ant/bin export ANT_HOME=/opt/ant Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories ant, antRun, antRun.pl, complete-ant-cmd.pl, runant.pl, and runant.py ant-*.jar, xercesImpl.jar, and xml-apis.jar /etc/ant and /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 xercesImpl.jar is a Java class library used by Apache Ant to perform XML parsing. xercesImpl.jar xml-apis.jar contains the DOM Java classes required by the Apache Ant XML formatter. xml-apis.jar