How to install apache ant 1.10.3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To install Apache Ant 1.10.3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool that was developed by Apache Software Foundation, which is used to build files that are written in XML. Apache Ant is a Java library and command line tool so it is required to install Java Development Kit (JDK). This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Apache Ant on Ubuntu.
Installation
Let’ s First start with updating the system repository.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
After updating the system repository proceed to download apache-ant latest version
root@linuxhelp:~# wget http://www-eu.apache.org/dist//ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip
--2018-04-30 18:42:39-- http://www-eu.apache.org/dist//ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip
Resolving www-eu.apache.org (www-eu.apache.org)... 195.154.151.36, 2001:bc8:2142:300::
Connecting to www-eu.apache.org (www-eu.apache.org)|195.154.151.36|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 9011568 (8.6M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip’
apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip 100%[===================================================> ] 8.59M 38.7MB/s in 0.2s
2018-04-30 18:43:02 (38.7 MB/s) - ‘ apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip’ saved [9011568/9011568]
After Downloading unzip the package to /usr/local directory.
root@linuxhelp:~# unzip apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip -d /usr/local/
Archive: apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip
creating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/
creating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/bin/
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/bin/ant
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/bin/antRun
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/bin/antRun.pl
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/bin/complete-ant-cmd.p
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inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/manual/tutorial-writing-tasks-src.zip
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/manual/tutorial-writing-tasks.html
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/manual/tutorials.html
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/manual/using.html
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/manual/usinglist.html
inflating: /usr/local/apache-ant-1.10.3/patch.xml
Now navigate to the extracted directory and rename the file.
root@linuxhelp:~# cd /usr/local/
apache-ant-1.10.3 bin etc games include lib man sbin share src
root@linuxhelp:/usr/local# mv apache-ant-1.10.3 apache-ant
root@linuxhelp:/usr/local# ls
apache-ant bin etc games include lib man sbin share src
Next, create a soft link using the following command.
root@linuxhelp:/usr/local# ln -s /usr/local/apache-ant/ /usr/local/ant
Now create Environment Variables for Apache Ant. Create a file called ant.sh inside /etc/profile.d/ directory.
root@linuxhelp:/usr/local# vi /etc/profile.d/ant.sh
export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
export PATH=${ANT_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
After creating environment variables, you need to run the following command to execute the variables.
root@linuxhelp:/usr/local# source /etc/profile
The Apache Ant has been successfully installed. Next, you can check the version of Apache Ant.
root@linuxhelp:/usr/local# ant -version
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.3 compiled on March 24 2018
With this, the method to install Apache Ant 1.10.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.
# ant -version
refer the below link for installation
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-apache-ant-in-centos-7/
# vi /etc/profile.d/ant.sh
# source /etc/profile
#wget http://www-eu.apache.org/dist//ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.3-bin.zip
"Trying the default build file: build.xml
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed"
I then tried to locate that build.xml file with ant -find build.xml and couldnt find it.
Any help will be much appreciated!