Sunday, August 15, 2010

How to install apache ant on linux server?

Guys,

what is Apache ant ?

Apache Ant is a software tool for automating software build processes. It is similar to Make but is implemented using the Java language, requires the Java platform, and is best suited to building Java projects.

I followed following steps :

Login into the server via SSH :
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1. wget http://apache.mirrors.tds.net/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.8.1-bin.tar.gz
2. tar -xzvf apache-ant-1.8.1-bin.tar.gz
3. cd apache-ant-1.8.1
4. cp -arp * /usr/local/ant
5. echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin'>>/etc/profile
6. echo 'export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant'>>/etc/profile
7. export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin
8. export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
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Now, execute ant -v or ant --version to check the ant.

That's it. try :)
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 30, 2010 at 10:57 AM

    hey

    4. cp -arp * /usr/local/ant isn't working?

    Not sure why not

    Lance

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  2. Playing with Linux.December 30, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    Could you please let me the error that you got?

    Did you create the path like: mkdir -p /usr/local/ant

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  3. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    When i do a ant -v

    I get the following - build.xml does not exist

    Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010
    Trying the default build file: build.xml
    Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
    Build failed

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  4. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Ok i got this from the ant site - thx for this tutorial!!

    You can check the basic installation with opening a new shell and typing ant. You should get a message like this

    Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
    Build failed
    So Ant works. This message is there because you need to write an individual buildfile for your project. With a ant -version you should get an output like
    Apache Ant version 1.7.1 compiled on June 27 2008

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  5. UnknownAugust 17, 2012 at 4:24 AM

    i also get same error.

    Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010
    Trying the default build file: build.xml
    Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
    Build failed

    how to fix this. please help me

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  6. enriquezreneblogFebruary 6, 2013 at 7:33 AM

    This is not an error the message says that in the current directory does not exist build.xml file, if you like add ANT_HOME to system path you can add to profile file, of this way http://moeandjava.pusku.com/index.php/java/how-to-install-ant-on-linux

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  7. anjuFebruary 21, 2017 at 10:39 PM

    i am a beginner in linux. i want to install apache webserver.. as i did the above steps i got an error like this.

    root@iot2000:~# cd apache-ant-1.8.1
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# cp -arp * /usr/local/ant
    cp: target '/usr/local/ant' is not a directory
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# mkdir -p /usr/local/ant
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# cp -arp * /usr/local/ant
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin'>>/etc/profile
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# echo 'export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant'>>/etc/profile
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
    root@iot2000:~/apache-ant-1.8.1# ant -v
    -sh: ant: command not found

    can someone help me to solve this. what is went wrong

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    1. anjuFebruary 21, 2017 at 10:42 PM

      can anyone explain what is PATH and ANT_HOME

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  8. APTRONMarch 21, 2022 at 4:37 AM

    Apache Ant Interview Questions and Answers

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