Apache Ant is a Java library and a tool for building and testing Java applications. It is used in many software development projects to automate the build process. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Apache Ant on Linux Mint Latest.
First, before installing any new packages, it is always good to ensure that the package list is up to date, use the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt update
This command is useful to get the latest updates and fixes for your system.
Since Apache Ant is a Java-based tool, it requires Java to be installed on your system. To install Java, use the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install -y default-jdk
This command installs the default-jdk package which provides the Java Development Kit.
Next, download the latest version of Apache Ant from the official website:
wget https://downloads.apache.org/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.tar.gz
This will download the Apache Ant tar.gz archive to your current working directory.
Now that you have downloaded the Apache Ant archive, extract it to the /opt directory using the following command:
sudo tar -xf apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.tar.gz -C /opt
This command will extract the archive to the /opt directory.
To make Apache Ant globally available on your system, you need to set the environment variables. You can do this by adding the following lines to the /etc/environment file:
ANT_HOME="/opt/apache-ant-1.10.11"
PATH="$PATH:$ANT_HOME/bin"
To do this, use the following command:
sudo nano /etc/environment
Add the above lines to the file, and save and exit the editor.
To reload the environment variables with the new settings, use the following command:
source /etc/environment
This will reload your system’s environment variables with the new settings.
To check whether Apache Ant is installed correctly, type the following command in the terminal:
ant -version
This command should give you the version number of the Apache Ant installation.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Apache Ant on Linux Mint Latest. Now you should be able to use Apache Ant to automate the build process of your Java applications.
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