Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool used to automate software builds and is used to build Java-based applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Apache Ant on MXLinux Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following requirements:
To download Apache Ant, go to the official website and navigate to the Downloads section. Under the binary distributions, select the version of Ant you want to download. In this tutorial, we are using Ant 1.10.11. Click the "Download" link to download the compressed file in .zip format.
Alternatively, you can use the following command to download it through the terminal:
$ wget https://downloads.apache.org/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.zip
On MXLinux, unzip is not installed by default. To install it run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install unzip
After downloading the file, extract it using the following command:
$ unzip apache-ant-1.10.11-bin.zip
This will extract the contents of the compressed file into a new directory named "apache-ant-1.10.11".
To ensure that Ant is accessible from anywhere on your system, you will need to set the ANT_HOME environment variable to the path to the directory where Ant is installed. You'll also need to add the bin directory under ANT_HOME to your system PATH.
To do this, open the .bashrc file using any text editor:
$ nano ~/.bashrc
Then add the following lines at the bottom of the file:
export ANT_HOME=/path/to/extracted/ant/directory
export PATH=$PATH:$ANT_HOME/bin
Note: Replace /path/to/extracted/ant/directory with the actual path to where Apache Ant is extracted on your system.
After adding the lines, save and exit the file.
Then apply the changes by sourcing the .bashrc file:
$ source ~/.bashrc
To verify that Ant is installed successfully, run the following command:
$ ant -version
This will display the version of Apache Ant installed on your system
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Apache Ant on MXLinux Latest. You can now use it for building Java-based projects.
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