Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 79168 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2007 13:15:47 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Sep 2007 13:15:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 5765 invoked by uid 500); 2 Sep 2007 13:15:41 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 5735 invoked by uid 500); 2 Sep 2007 13:15:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@ant.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 5724 invoked by uid 500); 2 Sep 2007 13:15:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 5721 invoked by uid 99); 2 Sep 2007 13:15:41 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:15:41 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-100.0 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.3] (HELO eris.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:15:35 +0000 Received: by eris.apache.org (Postfix, from userid 65534) id A49131A9832; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 06:15:14 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: svn commit: r571973 - /ant/core/branches/ANT_17_BRANCH/docs/manual/install.html Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:15:14 -0000 To: ant-cvs@apache.org From: jkf@apache.org X-Mailer: svnmailer-1.0.8 Message-Id: <20070902131514.A49131A9832@eris.apache.org> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Author: jkf Date: Sun Sep 2 06:15:14 2007 New Revision: 571973 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=571973&view=rev Log: merge from trunk of all changes (after verification) Modified: ant/core/branches/ANT_17_BRANCH/docs/manual/install.html Modified: ant/core/branches/ANT_17_BRANCH/docs/manual/install.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/branches/ANT_17_BRANCH/docs/manual/install.html?rev=571973&r1=571972&r2=571973&view=diff ============================================================================== --- ant/core/branches/ANT_17_BRANCH/docs/manual/install.html (original) +++ ant/core/branches/ANT_17_BRANCH/docs/manual/install.html Sun Sep 2 06:15:14 2007 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@

Getting Ant

Binary Edition

The latest stable version of Ant is available from the Ant web page http://ant.apache.org/. +href="http://ant.apache.org/" target="_top">http://ant.apache.org/.

As a binary in an RPM Package

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@

If you prefer the source edition, you can download the source for the latest Ant release from -http://ant.apache.org/srcdownload.cgi. +http://ant.apache.org/srcdownload.cgi. If you prefer the leading-edge code, you can access the code as it is being developed via SVN. The Ant website has details on @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ available on your classpath, such as Xerces.

The binary distribution of Ant includes the latest version of the -Apache Xerces2 XML parser. +Apache Xerces2 XML parser. Please see http://java.sun.com/xml/ for more information about JAXP. @@ -221,13 +221,30 @@ The ant.bat script makes use of three environment variables - - ANT_HOME, CLASSPATH and JAVA_HOME. Ensure that if - these variables are set, they do not have quotes (either - ' or ") and they do not end with \ or with /. + ANT_HOME, CLASSPATH and JAVA_HOME. Ensure that ANT_HOME and JAVA_HOME variables are set, + and that they do not have quotes (either + ' or ") and they do not end with \ or with /. CLASSPATH should be unset or + empty. +

Check Installation

You can check the basic installation with opening a new shell and typing ant. You +should get a message like this +

+Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
+Build failed
+

+So Ant works. This message is there because you need to write an individual buildfile for your +project. With a ant -version you should get an output like +

+Apache Ant version 1.7.0 compiled on December 13 2006
+

+ + +

Optional Tasks

Ant supports a number of optional tasks. An optional task is a task which typically requires an external library to function. The optional tasks are @@ -361,7 +378,7 @@

With explicit JVM properties.
These are documented by Sun, +href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/net/properties.html" target="_top">by Sun, and control the proxy behaviour of the entire JVM. To set them in Ant, declare them in the ANT_OPTS environment variable. This is the best option for a non-mobile system. For a laptop, you have to change these settings as you @@ -422,7 +439,7 @@

RPM version from jpackage.org

-The JPackage project distributes an RPM version of Ant. +The JPackage project distributes an RPM version of Ant. With this version, it is not necessary to set JAVA_HOME or ANT_HOME environment variables and the RPM installer will correctly place the Ant executable on your path. @@ -453,7 +470,7 @@ More information on where Ant finds its libraries is available here

Download a non-jpackage binary distribution from the regular - Apache Ant site

+ Apache Ant site

Unzip or untar the distribution into a temporary directory

Copy the linking jar, in this case ant-starteam.jar, into the library directory you chose in step 1 above.

@@ -663,10 +680,10 @@ It is called groovy-all-[version].jar. - http://groovy.codehaus.org/ + http://groovy.codehaus.org/
The asm jars are also available from the creators of asm - - http://asm.objectweb.org/ + http://asm.objectweb.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@ant.apache.org