Configuring Ant

After installing Ant as described in the section called Apache Ant in the chapter called Getting and installing the software, you have to set the ANT_HOME environment variable and update your PATH.

If you want Ant to set automatically the CLASSPATH, you have to correctly set your JAVA_HOME environment variable as described in the section called Setting up your Java environment

Here are examples to set your environment for Unix and Windows platforms:

• Unix platforms: Assuming that you installed Ant in the /usr/local/ant directory, you should perform the following commands:

  bash>export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant bash>export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin

  or

  tcsh>setenv ANT_HOME /usr/local/ant tcsh>setenv PATH ${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin

• Windows platforms: Assuming that you installed the Ant in the C:\ant directory, you should perform the following commands:

  C:>set ANT_HOME=c:\ant C:>set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin

  Note that if you want to set this variable permanently, use the method described in the section called Setting up your Java environment according to your Windows version.