Note: You must have installed JDK before proceeding with this section.
To install Apache Ant, perform the following steps:
Note: The instructions here have been provided for Ant 1.9.6.
- Download latest Ant version from the http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi link and unzip it. For example, let us unzip it to this folder – D:\apache-ant-1.9.6
- To configure ANT_HOME Windows environment variable, perform the following steps:
- Right-click My Computer and select Properties.
- On the left-side of properties window, click Advanced System Settings.
- In the System Properties window, click Advanced > Environment Variables.
- In the Environment Variables window, add ANT_HOME as the Windows environment and point it to your Ant folder.
- In the Environment Variables window, update PATH variable, append %ANT_HOME%\bin; at the end so that you can run the Ant's command everywhere.
- To check the Ant version, enter the following command in the command prompt.
ant –version
The installed version of Ant displays.
If you see a similar message above, it means the Apache Ant is installed successfully on Windows.
- To install software for creating hybrid Android apps, continue with the Additional Installation for Android Packaging on Windows section.