Apache Ant is a software tool that helps automate software build processes. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Apache Ant on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we start, make sure your system is up to date with the latest updates installed. You also need to have root or sudo access to your FreeBSD system.
Apache Ant requires Java installed on your system. If you don't have Java installed, we will install OpenJDK.
Use the following command to install OpenJDK:
sudo pkg install openjdk11
This will install OpenJDK Version 11 on your system.
Now, let's download the latest version of Apache Ant from their official website. Use the fetch command to download the Apache Ant tar file:
fetch https://apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.tar.gz
This will download the Apache Ant tar file to your FreeBSD system.
After downloading the tar file, extract it using the following command:
tar xzvf apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.tar.gz
This will extract the contents of the tar file to a folder named apache-ant-1.10.11.
To use Apache Ant, we need to set the environment variables. Open the /etc/profile file using a text editor such as vi.
sudo vi /etc/profile
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
ANT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.11
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin
Save the changes and exit the text editor.
Finally, let's verify that Apache Ant is installed correctly. Use the following command to check the version of Apache Ant:
ant -version
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.11 compiled on July 11 2021
This command should display the version of Apache Ant, which means that Apache Ant is successfully installed on your FreeBSD system.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Apache Ant on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use it to automate your software build processes.
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