Apache Ant is a build tool that is Java-based and uses Java
classes. Ant configuration files are XML based. You can use them to build
all output files such as HTML, PDF, and help systems.
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Enter the URL:
http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
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On the Apache Ant Project page, find the heading
Current Release of Ant
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Select
apache-ant-1.7-bin.tar.gz [PGP] [SHA1]
[MD5]
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Save and extract the package file into a Linux home
directory.
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Add the
bin directory to your
PATH
environment
variable.
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Add the
ANT_HOME
environment
variable.