How to Install Apache Ant on Alpine Linux Latest

Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool, used primarily for building Java applications, but can also be used to build other types of applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Apache Ant on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• Alpine Linux Latest installed on your machine
• SSH access to your server
• Basic knowledge of the command line interface

Steps

1. To install Apache Ant, first, update the package index by running the following command:

sudo apk update

2. Next, install the OpenJDK package, which will provide the Java Runtime Environment required to run Apache Ant.

sudo apk add openjdk8

3. Once OpenJDK is installed, you can download Apache Ant from the official website. To download the tar file, run the following command:

wget https://downloads.apache.org/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.tar.gz

4. Extract the downloaded tar file using the following command:

tar -zxvf apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.tar.gz

5. Move the extracted Ant directory to the /usr/share/ directory using the following command:

sudo mv apache-ant-1.10.11 /usr/share/ant

6. Next, create a symbolic link to the Ant executable file so that you can run the command from the command line interface. Use the following command to create the symbolic link:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/ant/bin/ant /usr/bin/ant

7. To verify that Ant is installed correctly, run the following command to check the version:

ant -version

You should see the version number of Ant displayed on the command prompt.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Apache Ant on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use Ant to build your Java applications or other types of applications.

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