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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by "Anderson, Rob (Global Trade)" <Ro...@nike.com> on 2007/08/08 19:06:20 UTC
RE: Installing Ant is non-standard and stupid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: evilfred [mailto:evilfred@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:56 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: Installing Ant is non-standard and stupid
>
> This is a rant.
>
> Why does Ant (at least the source distro) not install like
> *every other sane source distro on earth*, with "configure /
> make / make install". This is what users expect and enter by
> default. I'd rather not mess around having to read
> proprietary installation info (or in my case, guessing which
> script to run because there is no info on the website).
>
How does one build and install make from source?
-Rob A
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Re: Installing Ant is non-standard and stupid
Posted by "Scot P. Floess" <fl...@mindspring.com>.
Building Ant isn't too tough... Try building Firefox or any of the
JDKs...that's a pain
Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: evilfred [mailto:evilfred@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:56 PM
>> To: user@ant.apache.org
>> Subject: Installing Ant is non-standard and stupid
>>
>> This is a rant.
>>
>> Why does Ant (at least the source distro) not install like
>> *every other sane source distro on earth*, with "configure /
>> make / make install". This is what users expect and enter by
>> default. I'd rather not mess around having to read
>> proprietary installation info (or in my case, guessing which
>> script to run because there is no info on the website).
>>
>>
>
> How does one build and install make from source?
>
> -Rob A
>
>
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