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ANT for dummies
Hi,
First of all, I have to say that I am a not versed in computers. I need to install and run a program called NESTEDMICA that requires ANT. The problem is... How in heaven can I install ANT? Just to get you an idea where my difficulties started, I couldn't set the environmental variables JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME as required in the "Installing ANT" section of the manual. Hopefully, someone is able and willing to sit for a good while and write a detailed procedure to get this done.
Thank you very much for your help.
Raul
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University College Dublin
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Email: miranda.raul@ucd.ie
Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by Raul Miranda <mi...@ucd.ie>.
OK, that's great. In that case, it's time to build NestedMICA.
I suppose the distribution files of NestedMICA contain a build.xml file that
Ant may use.
Thanks a million for your help, time and patience. Greatly appreciated.
Raul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Atherton" <br...@callenish.com>
To: <us...@ant.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: ANT for dummies
> If you read that section again, you'll see that these are the steps for
> someone building Ant from source code. You are not doing that, so you can
> ignore it.
>
> On 30/05/2010 2:31 PM, Raul Miranda wrote:
>> Dear Bruce and Glenn,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for your answers. I want to install the 1.8.1 version
>> of Ant in Mac OS X version 10.4.11. Running java -version in a terminal
>> gives
>>
>>
>>
>> "java version 1.5.0_19"
>>
>> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_19-b02-306)
>>
>> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_19-138, mixed mode, sharing)
>>
>>
>>
>> I managed to set the environment variables and got Ant installed. I
>> executed the command ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>> dependencies. This finished with a message
>>
>>
>>
>> all:
>>
>>
>>
>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
>>
>> Total time: 2minutes 32 seconds
>>
>>
>>
>> After this, the Ant manual says to change into the installation directory
>> set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where JDK is
>> installed and execute the command
>>
>> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=<directory_to_contain_Ant_distribution> dist
>>
>> I have Ant in /Applications/ant so I typed
>>
>> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=/Applications/ant dist
>>
>> The result is:
>>
>> build.sh: build.sh: No such file or directory.
>>
>> I guess this may seem to be a trivial thing for most of you but it is
>> taking the toll on me. I a great believe I would appreciate your advice
>> to have Ant built.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>>
>>
>> Raul
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Atherton" <br...@callenish.com>
>> To: <us...@ant.apache.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: ANT for dummies
>>
>>
>>> As the manual says, the details of the short story are available in the
>>> rest of the document. In particular, most of the list items in the short
>>> story have a link that leads you to details about that step. If you want
>>> to know what dest=system represents (many don't and describing it would
>>> just be noise for them), then follow the link on that list item[1].
>>>
>>> The fetch.xml has been around a while and has been mentioned in some
>>> portions of the Ant documentation, but it has only very recently been
>>> brought into the installing Ant section of the manual. Previously, the
>>> manual suggested that users manually download each of the library
>>> dependencies for tasks that they are interested in. Hopefully the change
>>> will make it easier for users to use more of the tasks available.
>>>
>>> The fetch.xml is in the ANT_HOME directory which should be the current
>>> directory. That detail should probably be added to the manual.
>>>
>>> [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#optionalTasks
>>>
>>> On 30/05/2010 5:18 AM, glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
>>>> To install Ant, follow the instructions at
>>>> http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing
>>>> Bruce had more information on this above.
>>>> I did notice that there is an extra step:
>>>>
>>>> 5. Optionally, run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>>>>
>>>>> dependencies of most of the Ant optional tasks. If you don't do this,
>>>>> many
>>>>> of the optional Ant tasks will not be available. See Optional
>>>>> Tasks<#optionalTasks> for
>>>>> details and other options for the -Ddest parameter.
>>>>>
>>>> What is "system"? Is it replaced with the ant home? Or is it a
>>>> literal?
>>>> Is this step new with 1.8?
>>>> Where is the fetch.xml script?
>>>> Does current directory need to be set?
>>>> <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing>
>>>> --glenn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by Bruce Atherton <br...@callenish.com>.
If you look at the thread below, you'll see my comment about building
from source was in response to Raul's attempt to use "sh build.sh".
Using fetch.xml is recommended for all users that want access to the
full set of tasks delivered with Ant (saving the ones that require
commercial software).
On 30/05/2010 8:15 PM, glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
> Thank you for the additional information. I read the section "The Short
> Story" which had the item 5 that I quoted above. I see that this section
> did not refer to building Ant from source. Perhaps item 5 should not be
> included there.
>
> --glenn
>
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 19:27, Bruce Atherton<br...@callenish.com> wrote:
>
>
>> If you read that section again, you'll see that these are the steps for
>> someone building Ant from source code. You are not doing that, so you can
>> ignore it.
>>
>>
>> On 30/05/2010 2:31 PM, Raul Miranda wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Dear Bruce and Glenn,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your answers. I want to install the 1.8.1 version
>>> of Ant in Mac OS X version 10.4.11. Running java -version in a terminal
>>> gives
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "java version 1.5.0_19"
>>>
>>> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_19-b02-306)
>>>
>>> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_19-138, mixed mode, sharing)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I managed to set the environment variables and got Ant installed. I
>>> executed the command ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>>> dependencies. This finished with a message
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> all:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
>>>
>>> Total time: 2minutes 32 seconds
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> After this, the Ant manual says to change into the installation directory
>>> set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where JDK is
>>> installed and execute the command
>>>
>>> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=<directory_to_contain_Ant_distribution> dist
>>>
>>> I have Ant in /Applications/ant so I typed
>>>
>>> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=/Applications/ant dist
>>>
>>> The result is:
>>>
>>> build.sh: build.sh: No such file or directory.
>>>
>>> I guess this may seem to be a trivial thing for most of you but it is
>>> taking the toll on me. I a great believe I would appreciate your advice to
>>> have Ant built.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Raul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Atherton"<br...@callenish.com>
>>> To:<us...@ant.apache.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: ANT for dummies
>>>
>>>
>>> As the manual says, the details of the short story are available in the
>>>
>>>> rest of the document. In particular, most of the list items in the short
>>>> story have a link that leads you to details about that step. If you want to
>>>> know what dest=system represents (many don't and describing it would just be
>>>> noise for them), then follow the link on that list item[1].
>>>>
>>>> The fetch.xml has been around a while and has been mentioned in some
>>>> portions of the Ant documentation, but it has only very recently been
>>>> brought into the installing Ant section of the manual. Previously, the
>>>> manual suggested that users manually download each of the library
>>>> dependencies for tasks that they are interested in. Hopefully the change
>>>> will make it easier for users to use more of the tasks available.
>>>>
>>>> The fetch.xml is in the ANT_HOME directory which should be the current
>>>> directory. That detail should probably be added to the manual.
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#optionalTasks
>>>>
>>>> On 30/05/2010 5:18 AM, glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> To install Ant, follow the instructions at
>>>>> http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing
>>>>> Bruce had more information on this above.
>>>>> I did notice that there is an extra step:
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. Optionally, run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>>>>>
>>>>> dependencies of most of the Ant optional tasks. If you don't do this,
>>>>>
>>>>>> many
>>>>>> of the optional Ant tasks will not be available. See Optional
>>>>>> Tasks<#optionalTasks> for
>>>>>> details and other options for the -Ddest parameter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is "system"? Is it replaced with the ant home? Or is it a
>>>>>>
>>>>> literal?
>>>>> Is this step new with 1.8?
>>>>> Where is the fetch.xml script?
>>>>> Does current directory need to be set?
>>>>> <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing>
>>>>> --glenn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by glenn opdycke-hansen <gl...@gmail.com>.
Thank you for the additional information. I read the section "The Short
Story" which had the item 5 that I quoted above. I see that this section
did not refer to building Ant from source. Perhaps item 5 should not be
included there.
--glenn
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 19:27, Bruce Atherton <br...@callenish.com> wrote:
> If you read that section again, you'll see that these are the steps for
> someone building Ant from source code. You are not doing that, so you can
> ignore it.
>
>
> On 30/05/2010 2:31 PM, Raul Miranda wrote:
>
>> Dear Bruce and Glenn,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for your answers. I want to install the 1.8.1 version
>> of Ant in Mac OS X version 10.4.11. Running java -version in a terminal
>> gives
>>
>>
>>
>> "java version 1.5.0_19"
>>
>> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_19-b02-306)
>>
>> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_19-138, mixed mode, sharing)
>>
>>
>>
>> I managed to set the environment variables and got Ant installed. I
>> executed the command ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>> dependencies. This finished with a message
>>
>>
>>
>> all:
>>
>>
>>
>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
>>
>> Total time: 2minutes 32 seconds
>>
>>
>>
>> After this, the Ant manual says to change into the installation directory
>> set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where JDK is
>> installed and execute the command
>>
>> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=<directory_to_contain_Ant_distribution> dist
>>
>> I have Ant in /Applications/ant so I typed
>>
>> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=/Applications/ant dist
>>
>> The result is:
>>
>> build.sh: build.sh: No such file or directory.
>>
>> I guess this may seem to be a trivial thing for most of you but it is
>> taking the toll on me. I a great believe I would appreciate your advice to
>> have Ant built.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>>
>>
>> Raul
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Atherton" <br...@callenish.com>
>> To: <us...@ant.apache.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: ANT for dummies
>>
>>
>> As the manual says, the details of the short story are available in the
>>> rest of the document. In particular, most of the list items in the short
>>> story have a link that leads you to details about that step. If you want to
>>> know what dest=system represents (many don't and describing it would just be
>>> noise for them), then follow the link on that list item[1].
>>>
>>> The fetch.xml has been around a while and has been mentioned in some
>>> portions of the Ant documentation, but it has only very recently been
>>> brought into the installing Ant section of the manual. Previously, the
>>> manual suggested that users manually download each of the library
>>> dependencies for tasks that they are interested in. Hopefully the change
>>> will make it easier for users to use more of the tasks available.
>>>
>>> The fetch.xml is in the ANT_HOME directory which should be the current
>>> directory. That detail should probably be added to the manual.
>>>
>>> [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#optionalTasks
>>>
>>> On 30/05/2010 5:18 AM, glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
>>>
>>>> To install Ant, follow the instructions at
>>>> http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing
>>>> Bruce had more information on this above.
>>>> I did notice that there is an extra step:
>>>>
>>>> 5. Optionally, run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>>>>
>>>> dependencies of most of the Ant optional tasks. If you don't do this,
>>>>> many
>>>>> of the optional Ant tasks will not be available. See Optional
>>>>> Tasks<#optionalTasks> for
>>>>> details and other options for the -Ddest parameter.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is "system"? Is it replaced with the ant home? Or is it a
>>>> literal?
>>>> Is this step new with 1.8?
>>>> Where is the fetch.xml script?
>>>> Does current directory need to be set?
>>>> <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing>
>>>> --glenn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by Bruce Atherton <br...@callenish.com>.
If you read that section again, you'll see that these are the steps for
someone building Ant from source code. You are not doing that, so you
can ignore it.
On 30/05/2010 2:31 PM, Raul Miranda wrote:
> Dear Bruce and Glenn,
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for your answers. I want to install the 1.8.1
> version of Ant in Mac OS X version 10.4.11. Running java -version in
> a terminal gives
>
>
>
> "java version 1.5.0_19"
>
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_19-b02-306)
>
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_19-138, mixed mode, sharing)
>
>
>
> I managed to set the environment variables and got Ant installed. I
> executed the command ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
> dependencies. This finished with a message
>
>
>
> all:
>
>
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
>
> Total time: 2minutes 32 seconds
>
>
>
> After this, the Ant manual says to change into the installation
> directory set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory
> where JDK is installed and execute the command
>
> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=<directory_to_contain_Ant_distribution> dist
>
> I have Ant in /Applications/ant so I typed
>
> sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=/Applications/ant dist
>
> The result is:
>
> build.sh: build.sh: No such file or directory.
>
> I guess this may seem to be a trivial thing for most of you but it is
> taking the toll on me. I a great believe I would appreciate your
> advice to have Ant built.
>
>
>
> Thanks a lot
>
>
>
> Raul
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Atherton" <br...@callenish.com>
> To: <us...@ant.apache.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: ANT for dummies
>
>
>> As the manual says, the details of the short story are available in
>> the rest of the document. In particular, most of the list items in
>> the short story have a link that leads you to details about that
>> step. If you want to know what dest=system represents (many don't and
>> describing it would just be noise for them), then follow the link on
>> that list item[1].
>>
>> The fetch.xml has been around a while and has been mentioned in some
>> portions of the Ant documentation, but it has only very recently been
>> brought into the installing Ant section of the manual. Previously,
>> the manual suggested that users manually download each of the library
>> dependencies for tasks that they are interested in. Hopefully the
>> change will make it easier for users to use more of the tasks available.
>>
>> The fetch.xml is in the ANT_HOME directory which should be the
>> current directory. That detail should probably be added to the manual.
>>
>> [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#optionalTasks
>>
>> On 30/05/2010 5:18 AM, glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
>>> To install Ant, follow the instructions at
>>> http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing
>>> Bruce had more information on this above.
>>> I did notice that there is an extra step:
>>>
>>> 5. Optionally, run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>>>
>>>> dependencies of most of the Ant optional tasks. If you don't do
>>>> this, many
>>>> of the optional Ant tasks will not be available. See Optional
>>>> Tasks<#optionalTasks> for
>>>> details and other options for the -Ddest parameter.
>>>>
>>> What is "system"? Is it replaced with the ant home? Or is it a
>>> literal?
>>> Is this step new with 1.8?
>>> Where is the fetch.xml script?
>>> Does current directory need to be set?
>>> <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing>
>>> --glenn
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by Raul Miranda <mi...@ucd.ie>.
Dear Bruce and Glenn,
Thank you very much for your answers. I want to install the 1.8.1 version of
Ant in Mac OS X version 10.4.11. Running java -version in a terminal gives
"java version 1.5.0_19"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_19-b02-306)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_19-138, mixed mode, sharing)
I managed to set the environment variables and got Ant installed. I
executed the command ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
dependencies. This finished with a message
all:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 2minutes 32 seconds
After this, the Ant manual says to change into the installation directory
set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where JDK is
installed and execute the command
sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=<directory_to_contain_Ant_distribution> dist
I have Ant in /Applications/ant so I typed
sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=/Applications/ant dist
The result is:
build.sh: build.sh: No such file or directory.
I guess this may seem to be a trivial thing for most of you but it is taking
the toll on me. I a great believe I would appreciate your advice to have
Ant built.
Thanks a lot
Raul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Atherton" <br...@callenish.com>
To: <us...@ant.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: ANT for dummies
> As the manual says, the details of the short story are available in the
> rest of the document. In particular, most of the list items in the short
> story have a link that leads you to details about that step. If you want
> to know what dest=system represents (many don't and describing it would
> just be noise for them), then follow the link on that list item[1].
>
> The fetch.xml has been around a while and has been mentioned in some
> portions of the Ant documentation, but it has only very recently been
> brought into the installing Ant section of the manual. Previously, the
> manual suggested that users manually download each of the library
> dependencies for tasks that they are interested in. Hopefully the change
> will make it easier for users to use more of the tasks available.
>
> The fetch.xml is in the ANT_HOME directory which should be the current
> directory. That detail should probably be added to the manual.
>
> [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#optionalTasks
>
> On 30/05/2010 5:18 AM, glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
>> To install Ant, follow the instructions at
>> http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing
>> Bruce had more information on this above.
>> I did notice that there is an extra step:
>>
>> 5. Optionally, run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>>
>>> dependencies of most of the Ant optional tasks. If you don't do this,
>>> many
>>> of the optional Ant tasks will not be available. See Optional
>>> Tasks<#optionalTasks> for
>>> details and other options for the -Ddest parameter.
>>>
>> What is "system"? Is it replaced with the ant home? Or is it a literal?
>> Is this step new with 1.8?
>> Where is the fetch.xml script?
>> Does current directory need to be set?
>> <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing>
>> --glenn
>>
>>
>
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Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by Bruce Atherton <br...@callenish.com>.
As the manual says, the details of the short story are available in the
rest of the document. In particular, most of the list items in the short
story have a link that leads you to details about that step. If you want
to know what dest=system represents (many don't and describing it would
just be noise for them), then follow the link on that list item[1].
The fetch.xml has been around a while and has been mentioned in some
portions of the Ant documentation, but it has only very recently been
brought into the installing Ant section of the manual. Previously, the
manual suggested that users manually download each of the library
dependencies for tasks that they are interested in. Hopefully the change
will make it easier for users to use more of the tasks available.
The fetch.xml is in the ANT_HOME directory which should be the current
directory. That detail should probably be added to the manual.
[1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#optionalTasks
On 30/05/2010 5:18 AM, glenn opdycke-hansen wrote:
> To install Ant, follow the instructions at
> http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing
> Bruce had more information on this above.
> I did notice that there is an extra step:
>
> 5. Optionally, run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
>
>> dependencies of most of the Ant optional tasks. If you don't do this, many
>> of the optional Ant tasks will not be available. See Optional Tasks<#optionalTasks> for
>> details and other options for the -Ddest parameter.
>>
> What is "system"? Is it replaced with the ant home? Or is it a literal?
> Is this step new with 1.8?
> Where is the fetch.xml script?
> Does current directory need to be set?
> <http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing>
> --glenn
>
>
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Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by glenn opdycke-hansen <gl...@gmail.com>.
To install Ant, follow the instructions at
http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing
Bruce had more information on this above.
I did notice that there is an extra step:
5. Optionally, run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system to get the library
> dependencies of most of the Ant optional tasks. If you don't do this, many
> of the optional Ant tasks will not be available. See Optional Tasks<#optionalTasks> for
> details and other options for the -Ddest parameter.
What is "system"? Is it replaced with the ant home? Or is it a literal?
Is this step new with 1.8?
Where is the fetch.xml script?
Does current directory need to be set?
<http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#installing>
--glenn
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 06:11, wolfgang haefelinger
<wh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> >> How in heaven can I install ANT?
>
> How in heaven is it possible to make a Phd which such a little
> "willingness-to-dig-into-something-new"?
>
> >> Hopefully, someone is able and willing to sit for a good while and write
> a detailed procedure to get this done.
>
> You are the perfect candidate to do so. Please go ahead.
>
> Wolfgang.
>
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Bruce Atherton <bruce@callenish.com
> >wrote:
>
> > There are instructions on the Install page for how you set those
> > environmental variables[1][2][3], at least within a command shell.
> >
> > If you want to set them up to be available across all command shells,
> then
> > that will depend on your operating system. You don't tell us which
> operating
> > system you are using, so it is difficult to know how to direct you.You
> can
> > look at Windows XP instructions[4] which largely apply to Vista and
> Windows
> > 7 as well[5], or if you are on a Macintosh you can look at instructions
> for
> > OS X using tcsh[6] or bash[7].
> >
> > [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#windows
> > [2] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#bash
> > [3] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#tcshcsh
> > [4] http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment.htm
> > [5]
> >
> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment-variables-windows-vista-7.htm
> > [6] http://www.digitaledgesw.com/node/31
> > [7]
> >
> http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-applications-games/87365-how-set-environment-variables.html
> >
> > On 28/05/2010 7:41 PM, miranda raul wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> First of all, I have to say that I am a not versed in computers. I need
> to
> >> install and run a program called NESTEDMICA that requires ANT. The
> problem
> >> is... How in heaven can I install ANT? Just to get you an idea where my
> >> difficulties started, I couldn't set the environmental variables
> JAVA_HOME
> >> and ANT_HOME as required in the "Installing ANT" section of the manual.
> >> Hopefully, someone is able and willing to sit for a good while and write
> a
> >> detailed procedure to get this done.
> >> Thank you very much for your help.
> >> Raul
> >>
> >>
> >> __________________________________
> >> Raul Miranda, PhD
> >> Postdoctoral Research
> >> Ardmore House
> >> School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science.
> >> University College Dublin
> >> Belfield, Dublin 4
> >> Ireland
> >> Tel: +35317161625
> >> Email: miranda.raul@ucd.ie
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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> http://www.haefelinger.it
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>
Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by wolfgang haefelinger <wh...@gmail.com>.
Bruce,
>> How in heaven can I install ANT?
How in heaven is it possible to make a Phd which such a little
"willingness-to-dig-into-something-new"?
>> Hopefully, someone is able and willing to sit for a good while and write
a detailed procedure to get this done.
You are the perfect candidate to do so. Please go ahead.
Wolfgang.
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Bruce Atherton <br...@callenish.com>wrote:
> There are instructions on the Install page for how you set those
> environmental variables[1][2][3], at least within a command shell.
>
> If you want to set them up to be available across all command shells, then
> that will depend on your operating system. You don't tell us which operating
> system you are using, so it is difficult to know how to direct you.You can
> look at Windows XP instructions[4] which largely apply to Vista and Windows
> 7 as well[5], or if you are on a Macintosh you can look at instructions for
> OS X using tcsh[6] or bash[7].
>
> [1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#windows
> [2] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#bash
> [3] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#tcshcsh
> [4] http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment.htm
> [5]
> http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment-variables-windows-vista-7.htm
> [6] http://www.digitaledgesw.com/node/31
> [7]
> http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-applications-games/87365-how-set-environment-variables.html
>
> On 28/05/2010 7:41 PM, miranda raul wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> First of all, I have to say that I am a not versed in computers. I need to
>> install and run a program called NESTEDMICA that requires ANT. The problem
>> is... How in heaven can I install ANT? Just to get you an idea where my
>> difficulties started, I couldn't set the environmental variables JAVA_HOME
>> and ANT_HOME as required in the "Installing ANT" section of the manual.
>> Hopefully, someone is able and willing to sit for a good while and write a
>> detailed procedure to get this done.
>> Thank you very much for your help.
>> Raul
>>
>>
>> __________________________________
>> Raul Miranda, PhD
>> Postdoctoral Research
>> Ardmore House
>> School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science.
>> University College Dublin
>> Belfield, Dublin 4
>> Ireland
>> Tel: +35317161625
>> Email: miranda.raul@ucd.ie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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häfelinger IT - Applied Software Architecture
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+31 648 27 61 59
Re: ANT for dummies
Posted by Bruce Atherton <br...@callenish.com>.
There are instructions on the Install page for how you set those
environmental variables[1][2][3], at least within a command shell.
If you want to set them up to be available across all command shells,
then that will depend on your operating system. You don't tell us which
operating system you are using, so it is difficult to know how to direct
you.You can look at Windows XP instructions[4] which largely apply to
Vista and Windows 7 as well[5], or if you are on a Macintosh you can
look at instructions for OS X using tcsh[6] or bash[7].
[1] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#windows
[2] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#bash
[3] http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html#tcshcsh
[4] http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment.htm
[5]
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment-variables-windows-vista-7.htm
[6] http://www.digitaledgesw.com/node/31
[7]
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-applications-games/87365-how-set-environment-variables.html
On 28/05/2010 7:41 PM, miranda raul wrote:
> Hi,
> First of all, I have to say that I am a not versed in computers. I need to install and run a program called NESTEDMICA that requires ANT. The problem is... How in heaven can I install ANT? Just to get you an idea where my difficulties started, I couldn't set the environmental variables JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME as required in the "Installing ANT" section of the manual. Hopefully, someone is able and willing to sit for a good while and write a detailed procedure to get this done.
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Raul
>
>
> __________________________________
> Raul Miranda, PhD
> Postdoctoral Research
> Ardmore House
> School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science.
> University College Dublin
> Belfield, Dublin 4
> Ireland
> Tel: +35317161625
> Email: miranda.raul@ucd.ie
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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