How to install Ant on Linux ?

Step 1.

Download ant from Apache http://ant.apache.org/bin/download.cgi

Step 2.

Login to your Linux box and create a directory "ant" under /usr/local.

[root@RoseIndiaLinux local]# mkdir ant

[root@RoseIndiaLinux local]# cd ant

[root@RoseIndiaLinux ant]# pwd

/usr/local/ant

Step 3.

Copy apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip onto your Linux box in /usr/local/ant directory.

Step 4.

Extract the zip file apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip using unzip command.

[root@RoseIndiaLinux ant]# unzip apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip

It will extract the content of the zip file and will create a new directory apache-ant-1.7.1

Step 5.

Set path in the .bash_profile

Open the file /root/.bash_profile and add the following codes:

export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant/apache-ant-1.7.1

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/jdk1.6.0_06

export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin

Step 6.

Logout and login again to your Linux box. Now, Ant will be available on your box.