ANT Installation in Windows

ANT Installation in Windows

Before you can install ANT, please make sure that you have installed the JDK 1.5 and above.

Download the ANT application file in ZIP from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi




Extract the file into the C:\apache-ant-1.7.0


Configuration of the ANT path
Go to My Computer-> Right Click -> Properties


Click on the Advanced Tab and continue to the Environment Variables


To set the ANT and JAVA path, click on NEW button under SYSTEM VARIABLE.

Type Variable Name: ANT
Variable Value: C:\apache-ant-1.7.0


Click OK

Click on New Button once more time to create the JAVA PATH
Variable Name: JAVA_HOME
Variable Value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13


Click OK



Find variable PATH in the below portion of the System Variable and click EDIT.
Add in the %ANT_HOME%\bin; under the variable value.



Click OK and you're finished.

Testing the ANT

Click on Start-> Run -> cmd -> ant -version

If the ANT is successfully configured, it will return :
Apache Ant version 1.7.1 compiled on June 27 2008