Ant : As Build Tool :: Setup

• Download Ant Setup
• Install Ant
• Setup PATH Before Execution

You need following to have Ant based Java Project

• Download and install Ant
• Build a simple build.xml file for compilation and JAR file packaging
• Run Ant

Click here to download Ant installation binary Files

You will find following zip file after download, click right and extract / unzip file.

I assume that you have JDK [Java Development Kit] installed in your System.

Now set PATH as Below on command prompt. You can also set in Environment PATH. Here i am doing on Console.

Ant PATH Setup with version check and execution of build.xml file

F:\>set ANT_HOME=f:\apache-ant-1.9.0

F:\>set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03

F:\>set PATH=f:\apache-ant-1.9.0\bin

//Checking Ant Version

F:\>ant -version
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.0 compiled on March 5 2013

//Running ant and getting error since i don't have build.xml file in F: drive

F:\>ant build.xml
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed

F:\>

Ant command with other options

F:\>ant -help
ant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]]
Options:
  -help, -h              print this message
  -projecthelp, -p       print project help information
  -version               print the version information and exit
  -diagnostics           print information that might be helpful to
                         diagnose or report problems.
  -quiet, -q             be extra quiet
  -silent, -S            print nothing but task outputs and build failures
  -verbose, -v           be extra verbose
  -debug, -d             print debugging information
  -emacs, -e             produce logging information without adornments
  -lib <path>            specifies a path to search for jars and classes
  -logfile <file>        use given file for log
    -l     <file>                ''
  -logger <classname>    the class which is to perform logging
  -listener <classname>  add an instance of class as a project listener
  -noinput               do not allow interactive input
  -buildfile <file>      use given buildfile
    -file    <file>              ''
    -f       <file>              ''
  -D<property>=<value>   use value for given property
  -keep-going, -k        execute all targets that do not depend
                         on failed target(s)
  -propertyfile <name>   load all properties from file with -D
                         properties taking precedence
  -inputhandler <class>  the class which will handle input requests
  -find <file>           (s)earch for buildfile towards the root of
    -s  <file>           the filesystem and use it
  -nice  number          A niceness value for the main thread:
       1 (lowest) to 10 (highest); 5 is the default
  -nouserlib             Run ant without using the jar files from
          ${user.home}/.ant/lib
  -noclasspath           Run ant without using CLASSPATH
  -autoproxy             Java1.5+: use the OS proxy settings
  -main <class>          override Ant's normal entry point

F:\>