Apache Ant is a build tool that is Java-based and uses Java
classes. Ant configuration files are XML based. You can use them to build
all output files such as HTML, PDF, and help systems.
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Enter the URL: http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
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On the Apache Ant Project page, find the heading
Current Release of Ant
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Select apache-ant-1.7-bin.zip [PGP] [SHA1]
[MD5]
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Click Save to download the
apache-ant-1.7-bin.zip [PGP] [SHA1] [MD5] file and unzip it to your
C:\ directory as ant.
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Add the bin directory to your
PATH environment variable.
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Add the ANT_HOME environment
variable.