This should be set to the directory where your JDK isĭo not install Ant's ant.jar file into the lib/ext directory of the JDK/JRE.Īnt is an application, whilst the extension directory is intended for JDKĮxtensions. Optionally, set the JAVA_HOME environment variable (see.NT/2000), but it is better to not rely on this behavior. Some operating systems, Ant's startup scripts can guess ANT_HOME (Unix dialects and Windows Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to.You can run Ant there is some additional set up you will need to do unless you You will need to add or update the following line in the config.sys file On these systems you will also need to configure more environment space toĬater for the environment variables used in the Ant lauch script. It is recommended, therefore, that Ant be installed in This is due to limitations in the OS'sīatch-file statement. Have problems if ANT_HOME is a long filename (i.e. On these systems, the script used to launch Ant will Windows 95, Windows 98 & Windows ME Note: This directory will be known as ANT_HOME. To install Ant, choose a directory and copy theĭistribution files there. The bin and lib directories are required to run Ant. - migrate your build files and get rid of 'deprecated' warning //. basic information +- bin // contains launcher scripts | +- lib // contains Ant jars plus necessary dependencies | +- docs // contains documentation | | | +- images // various logos for html documentation | | | +- manual // Ant documentation (a must read -) | +- etc // contains xsl goodies to: // - create an enhanced report from xml output of various tasks. The binary distribution of Ant consists of the following directory layout: ant +- README, LICENSE, fetch.xml, other text files. Includes these install instructions Installing Ant Include deploy/undeploy to a server for web apps Include testing, documentation generation (javadoc) Includes class path settings for compile and run We want to simplify and make consistent theīuild process, even if the directory structure is complicated and there are

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