apache-ant-1.9.6
Introduction to Apache Ant
The Apache Ant package is a
Java-based build tool. In theory,
it is like the make
command, but without make's wrinkles. Ant is different. Instead of a model that is
extended with shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell
commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling out a
target tree that executes various tasks. Each task is run by an
object that implements a particular task interface.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.9
platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
Apache Ant Dependencies
Required
A JDK (Java Binary or OpenJDK-1.8.0.72) and
GLib-2.46.2
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/apache-ant
Installation of Apache Ant
Unpack and copy the junit and
hamcrest jar files to the local
directory tree.
tar -xvf ../hamcrest-1.3.tgz &&
cp -v ../junit-4.11.jar \
hamcrest-1.3/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar lib/optional
Install Apache Ant by running the
following commands:
The unit regression tests are performed during the build step below
unless JUnit is not installed.
Now, as the root
user:
./build.sh -Ddist.dir=/opt/ant-1.9.6 dist &&
ln -v -sfn ant-1.9.6 /opt/ant
Note
Make sure the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set for the
root
user.
Command Explanations
cp -v ...
lib/optional: This command copies the JUnit and
hamcrest jar files into the directory where Apache Ant will look
for them.
./build.sh -Ddist.dir=/opt/ant-1.9.6
dist: This command does everything. It builds,
tests, then installs the package into /opt/ant-1.9.6
.
ln -v -sfn ant-1.9.6
/opt/ant: This command is optional, and creates a
convenience symlink.
Configuring Apache Ant
Config
Files
/etc/ant/ant.conf
, ~/.ant/ant.conf
, and ~/.antrc
Configuration Information
Some packages will require ant to be in the search path
and the ANT_HOME
environment variable
defined. Satisfy these requirements by issuing, as the
root
user:
cat >> /etc/profile.d/extrapaths.sh << EOF
# Begin Apache-ant addition
pathappend /opt/ant/bin
export ANT_HOME=/opt/ant
# End Apache-ant addition
EOF
The above instrutions assume you have configured your system as
described in The Bash Shell Startup
Files.
Contents
Installed Programs:
ant, antRun, antRun.pl,
complete-ant-cmd.pl, runant.pl, and runant.py
Installed Libraries:
ant*.jar
Installed Directories:
/opt/ant-1.9.6
Short Descriptions
ant
|
is a Java based build
tool used by many packages instead of the conventional
make
program.
|
antRun
|
is a support script used to start ant build scripts in a
given directory.
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antRun.pl
|
is a Perl script that
provides similar functionality offered by the
antRun
script.
|
complete-ant-cmd.pl
|
is a Perl script that
allows Bash to complete
an ant
command-line.
|
runant.pl
|
is a Perl wrapper script
used to invoke ant.
|
runant.py
|
is a Python wrapper
script used to invoke ant.
|
ant*.jar
|
files are the Apache Ant
Java class libraries.
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Last updated on 2016-02-28 12:51:39 -0800