Next, create a symbolic link to the Ant distribution by running below command. You can download the latest version of Apache ant from Apache Ant release download page.Īfter download you can extract it using unzip command and rename as ant.Īlso Read -> How to Install PHP 7.4 on Centos ~]# cd opt]# wget opt]# unzip opt]# mv apache-ant-1.10.9 ant OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.9+11-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)Īlso Read -> How to Install JAVA 13 on Centos 8 Step 2: Install Apache Ant OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.9+11-LTS)

~]# dnf install java-11-openjdkĬheck java version with following command. Step 1: Install Javaįirst we need to install Java 8 or higher version. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for instance C or C++ applications.Ant is extremely flexible and does not impose coding conventions or directory layouts to the Java projects which adopt it as a build tool. Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool and it supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications.

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