apache-ant-1.10.9
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-10.1
platform.
Package Information
Apache Ant Dependencies
Required
A JDK (Java Binary or OpenJDK-15.0.2) and
GLib-2.68.1
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/apache-ant
Installation of Apache Ant
First fix an incompatibility issue between the documentation
standard used in the build tree, and the one expected by OpenJDK-15.0.2:
sed -i 's/--add-modules java.activation/-html4/' build.xml
Build a limited bootstrap version of Apache Ant using the following command:
./bootstrap.sh
Download the runtime dependencies using the fetch.xml ant build script:
bootstrap/bin/ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=optional
Build Apache Ant by running the
following command:
./build.sh -Ddist.dir=$PWD/ant-1.10.9 dist
Install, as the root user:
cp -rv ant-1.10.9 /opt/ &&
chown -R root:root /opt/ant-1.10.9 &&
ln -sfv ant-1.10.9 /opt/ant
Command Explanations
bootstrap/bin/ant -f fetch.xml
-Ddest=optional: Downloads the missing dependencies
to user's home directory, and copy them into the source tree (in
the lib/optional directory, where
ant picks them up at
build time).
./build.sh -Ddist.dir=$PWD/ant-1.10.9
dist: This command builds, tests, then installs the
package into a temporary directory.
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/ant.sh << EOF
# Begin /etc/profile.d/ant.sh
pathappend /opt/ant/bin
export ANT_HOME=/opt/ant
# End /etc/profile.d/ant.sh
EOF
The above instructions 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:
Numerous ant*.jar and dependant libraries in
$ANT_HOME/lib
Installed Directories:
/opt/ant-1.10.9
Short Descriptions
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ant
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is a Java based build
tool used by many packages instead of the conventional
make
program
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antRun
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is a support script used to start ant build scripts in a
given directory
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antRun.pl
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is a Perl script that
provides similar functionality offered by the
antRun
script
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complete-ant-cmd.pl
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is a Perl script that
allows Bash to complete
an ant
command-line
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runant.pl
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is a Perl wrapper script
used to invoke ant
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runant.py
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is a Python wrapper
script used to invoke ant
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ant*.jar
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files are the Apache Ant
Java class libraries
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Last updated on 2021-02-23 14:52:46 -0600