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Method 2: Install Apache Ant from Apt repository. Apache Ant package is available on both Debian and Ubuntu upstream repositories. With this method, you won't get the latest release of Apache Ant. Install it by running the commands: sudo apt update sudo apt -y install ant. Once the package is installed, you can check for version using: $ ant. Note: There is a new version for this artifact. New Version: 1.10.9: Maven; Gradle; SBT; Ivy; Grape; Leiningen; Buildr. Adding an 'ant.sh' to /etc/profile.d works on CentOS release 6.6 (Final) It's not necessary to add to your path if there is an existing version of ant already on it (at least 1.7.1 in my case) because the script uses ANTHOME to find the jars to run. – gerardw Aug 12 '15 at 12:16.
 Apache Ant 1.8.2 December 27th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.2 ReleasedApache Ant 1.8.2 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.
Key features of the 1.8.2 release are
performance improvements in directory scanning
XSLT task honors classpath again (bugrep 49271)
distinction between core tasks and optional tasks is abolished
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW
 Apache Ivy 2.2.0 September 30, 2010 - Apache Ivy 2.2.0 ReleasedApache Ivy 2.2.0 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from http://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi.
Key features of the 2.2.0 release are
enhanced Maven2 compatibility, with several bug fixes and more pom features covered
new parent mechanism for Ivy files
improved pom generation from an ivy.xml file
automated PGP signature generation when uploading artifacts
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Jira and in the release notes

For more information see the Ivy home page.
 Apache Ant 1.8.1 May 7th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.1 ReleasedApache Ant 1.8.1 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.
Key features of the 1.8.1 release are
new task augment allows to add attributes or nested elements to previously defined references
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW
 Apache Ant 1.8.0 Februrary 8th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.0 ReleasedKey features of the 1.8.0 release are
Lexically scoped local properties, i.e. properties that are only defined inside a target, sequential block or similar environment. This is very useful inside of s where a macro can now define a temporary property that will disappear once the task has finished.
 can now import from any file- or URL-providing resource - this includes . This means  can read build file snippets from JARs or fixed server URLs. There are several other improvements in the area of import.
Various improvements to the directory scanning code that help with symbolic link cycles (as can be found on MacOS X Java installations for example) and improve scanning performance. For big directory trees the improvement is dramatic.
The way developers can extend Ant's property expansion algorithm has been rewritten (breaking the older API) to be easier to use and be more powerful. The whole local properties mechanism is implemented using that API and could be implemented in a separate library without changes in Ant's core. Things like the yet-to-be-released props Antlib can now provide often required 'scripty' fuctions without touching Ant itself. At the same time the if and unless attributes have been rewritten to do the expected thing if applied to a property expansion (i.e. if='${foo}' will mean 'yes, do it' if ${foo} expands to true, in Ant 1.7.1 it would mean 'no' unless a property named 'true' existed). This adds 'testing conditions' as a new use-case to property expansion.
A new top-level element  assists in writing re-usable build files that are meant to be imported.  has a name and a dependency-list like  and can be used like a  from the command line or a dependency-list but the importing build file can add targets to the 's depends list. 
Ant now requires Java 1.4 or later
new task include provides an alternative to  that should be preferred when you don't want to override any targets
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW
 Apache Ivy 2.1.0 October 8, 2009 - Apache Ivy 2.1.0 ReleasedKey features of the 2.1.0 release are
enhanced Maven2 compatibility, with several bug fixes and more pom features covered
new options for the Ivy Ant tasks and commandline
configuration intersections and configuration groups
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Jira and in the release notes
For more information see the Ivy home page.
 Apache IvyDE 2.0.0 July 13, 2009 - Apache IvyDE 2.0.0 ReleasedApache IvyDE 2.0.0 is now available for download from http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/download.cgi or directly from the updatesite http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/ivyde/updatesite
This is the first release considered as stable since the project as been hosted by the Apache Software Foundation.
Major changes in this release:
the 'resolve in workspace' feature (make IvyDE search for Ivy dependenciesdirectly into the Eclipse projects) has been introduced in the last releasebut was quite experimental. It has been refactored to be more reliable andhave been reported to be working like a charm by some of the IvyDE early users.
the user documentation of IvyDE is now available directly into the Eclipse help center.
IvyDE can now load property files along with the Ivy settings.
For more information see the IvyDE home page.
 Apache Ivy 2.0.0 January 20, 2009 - Apache Ivy 2.0.0 ReleasedApache Ivy 2.0.0 (final) is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from http://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi.
This is the first non-beta release of Ivy under Apache and includes some major new features like: enhanced Maven2 compatibility, improved cache management, improved concurrency support and numerous bug fixes and other improvements.
For more information see the Ivy home page.
 Apache AntUnit 1.1 September 26, 2008 - Apache AntUnit 1.1 ReleasedApache AntUnit 1.1 is now available for download as binary or source release.
In addition to a few bugfixes and some new assertions AntUnit 1.1 allows test listeners to receive the log output of the project under test. Both plainlistener and xmllistener have an option that makes them echo the project's output into their respective logs.
For more information see the Antlib's home page
 Apache AntUnit 1.1 Beta 1 September 3, 2008 - Apache AntUnit 1.1 Beta 1 Available Apache Ant 1.7.1 June 27, 2008 - Apache Ant 1.7.1 AvailableApache Ant 1.7.1 is now available for download.
 Ant 1.7.1 is mainly a bugfix release.
Ant 1.7.1 has extended support for Java6 features.
 Ant 1.7.1  now has support for JavaFX.</p><h3> Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now! </h3><h3>October 11, 2007 - Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now!</h3><p>Apache Ivy, 'A Java based tool for tracking, resolving and managing project dependencies.', just finished Incubation and has joined the Ant project. More information will be available from the Ant site soon.</p><p>Until we've finished the migration, you can learn more about Ivy from its Incubator website.</p><h3> Apache AntUnit 1.0 </h3><h3>January 8, 2007 - Apache AntUnit 1.0 Available</h3><p>Apache AntUnit 1.0 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.7.0 </h3><h3>December 19, 2006 - Apache Ant 1.7.0 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.7.0 is now available for download.</p><p> Ant 1.7 introduces a resource framework. Some of the core ant tasks such as <copy/> are now able to process not only file system resources but also zip entries, tar entries, paths, .. Resource collections group resources, and can be further combined with operators such as union and intersection. This can be extended by custom resources and custom tasks using resources.</p><p> Ant 1.7 starts outsourcing of optional tasks to Antlibs. The .NET antlib in preparation will replace the .NET optional tasks which ship in Ant. Support for the version control system Subversion will be only provided as an antlib to be released shortly. </p><p>Ant 1.7 fixes also a large number of bugs.</p><p>Ant 1.7 has some initial support for Java6 features.</p><h3> Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 </h3><h3>November 6, 2006 - Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 Available</h3><p>Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains support for tools like NUnit as well as the 'old' .NET tasks of Ant's core. It has been tested Microsoft's frameworks as well as Mono.</p><p>For more information see the Antlib's home page</p><h3> Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta2 </h3><h3>October 29, 2006 - Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta2 Available</h3><p>Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.</p><h3> Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 </h3><h3>Apache Ant 1.8.2</h3><h3>September 22, 2006 - Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 Available</h3><p>Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.</p><h3> Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 </h3>

September 13, 2006 - Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 AvailableApache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.
This Ant Library contains support for tools like NUnit as well as the 'old' .NET tasks of Ant's core. It has been tested Microsoft's frameworks as well as Mono.
For more information see the Antlib's home page
 Apache Ant 1.6.5 June 2, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.5 AvailableApache Ant 1.6.5 is now available for download.

This is a bug fix release.
 Apache Ant 1.6.4 May 19, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.4 AvailableApache Ant 1.6.4 is now available for download.
This is a bug fix release.
 Apache Ant 1.6.3 April 28, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.3 AvailableApache Ant 1.6.3 is now available for download.
Bootsect exe download. There is a large list of fixed bugs and enhancements.
Some of the bugs affecting the embedded use of Ant are fixed.
 Apache Antidote Retired April 4th, 2005 - The Apache Ant Project Retires Apache Antidote, the Ant GUIThe Antidote subproject was once started to provide a GUI for Ant at a time where IDE support for Ant was far from usable. Unfortunately it never attracted a developer community of its own.
At the same time IDE support for Ant has become ubiquitous by now and there is little reason to have a GUI just for Ant. This makes it even less likely that volunteers will start to spend time working on it.
Antidote's development has been stalled for years now, despite some efforts to rejuvenate it by single developers. Therefore the Ant developers have chosen to retire Antidote.
Antidote will no longer be developed by the Ant project; its CVS module will be shut down.

If you are interested in Antidote's sources to learn from or build on it, you can find snapshots at http://archive.apache.org/ant/antidote/.
 Apache Ant 1.6.2 July 16, 2004 - Apache Ant 1.6.2 AvailableApache Ant 1.6.2 available for download.
Nested elements for namespaced tasks and types may belong to theAnt default namespace as well as the task's or type's namespace.
All exceptions thrown by tasks are now wrapped in abuildexception giving the location in the buildfile of the task.
Ant 1.6.2 fixes a large number of bugs and adds a number offeatures which were asked for by users on Bugzilla.
 Wiki Migration February 29, 2004The Apache Ant Wiki pages have been migrated to their new home on the Apache Wiki farm. 
 Apache Ant 1.6.1 February 12, 2004 - Apache Ant 1.6.1 AvailableApache Ant 1.6.1 is still available for download. 
The ASF Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0. For a copy of that license, please see http://www.apache.org/licenses/.
The Ant 1.6.1 release is delivered with the Apache License 2.0.
Ant 1.6.1 fixes several bugs, most notably the handling of the default namespace for nested elements.
Ant 1.6.1 also introduces initial support for compiling with Java 1.5.
 Apache Ant 1.6.0 December 18, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.6.0 AvailableApache Ant 1.6.0 is still available for download. 
As we've already said in the announcements of Ant 1.5.4, this release requires JDK 1.2 or later to run.
Ant 1.6.0 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks. For a longer list of fixed bugs and new features see the release notes.
If you find anything that hasn't been covered in the manual (I bet youdid) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in theWiki.
 Apache Ant 1.5.4 August 12, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.4 AvailableApache Ant 1.5.4 is still available for download. 
This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the javah task on JDK 1.4.2 and a couple of bugs in the Visual Age for Java intergration tasks. If you don't use javah or VAJ, there is no reason to upgrade.
Ant 1.5.4 is the last release that supports JDK 1.1. Ant 1.6.0 requires JDK 1.2 or later. 
 Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award June 11th, 2003: Apache Ant wins a Java Pro readers' choice award Ant has won the Java Pro 2003 Readers' Choice Award for 
Most Valuable Java Deployment Technology. 
 Thanks to Java Pro and all its readers. You can read about these awards at the Java Pro website. 
 JDJ Editors Choice Award June 2003: Apache Ant wins JDJ Editors' Choice Award'Ant is the hammer of the Java world: without it, civilization might have progressed, but much more slowly than it has. Ant is one of the most useful build tools I have ever had the pleasure to use.' - Joe Ottinger 
 Apache Ant keeps on winning! June 9th, 2003: Apache Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for 
Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology
 for the second time in a row! Read the full article -- or jump directly to the bit about our award:)
 Apache Ant 1.5.3 April 9, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.3 AvailableApache Ant 1.5.3 is still available for download. 
 Apache Ant 1.5.2 March 3, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.2 Available!The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is available for download. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the discussion on the dev and user mailing lists. 

For more information see the Ivy home page.
 Apache Ant 1.8.1 May 7th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.1 ReleasedApache Ant 1.8.1 is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.
Key features of the 1.8.1 release are
new task augment allows to add attributes or nested elements to previously defined references
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW
 Apache Ant 1.8.0 Februrary 8th, 2010 - Apache Ant 1.8.0 ReleasedKey features of the 1.8.0 release are
Lexically scoped local properties, i.e. properties that are only defined inside a target, sequential block or similar environment. This is very useful inside of s where a macro can now define a temporary property that will disappear once the task has finished.
 can now import from any file- or URL-providing resource - this includes . This means  can read build file snippets from JARs or fixed server URLs. There are several other improvements in the area of import.
Various improvements to the directory scanning code that help with symbolic link cycles (as can be found on MacOS X Java installations for example) and improve scanning performance. For big directory trees the improvement is dramatic.
The way developers can extend Ant's property expansion algorithm has been rewritten (breaking the older API) to be easier to use and be more powerful. The whole local properties mechanism is implemented using that API and could be implemented in a separate library without changes in Ant's core. Things like the yet-to-be-released props Antlib can now provide often required 'scripty' fuctions without touching Ant itself. At the same time the if and unless attributes have been rewritten to do the expected thing if applied to a property expansion (i.e. if='${foo}' will mean 'yes, do it' if ${foo} expands to true, in Ant 1.7.1 it would mean 'no' unless a property named 'true' existed). This adds 'testing conditions' as a new use-case to property expansion.
A new top-level element  assists in writing re-usable build files that are meant to be imported.  has a name and a dependency-list like  and can be used like a  from the command line or a dependency-list but the importing build file can add targets to the 's depends list. 
Ant now requires Java 1.4 or later
new task include provides an alternative to  that should be preferred when you don't want to override any targets
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Bugzilla and in WHATSNEW
 Apache Ivy 2.1.0 October 8, 2009 - Apache Ivy 2.1.0 ReleasedKey features of the 2.1.0 release are
enhanced Maven2 compatibility, with several bug fixes and more pom features covered
new options for the Ivy Ant tasks and commandline
configuration intersections and configuration groups
numerous bug fixes and improvements as documented in Jira and in the release notes
For more information see the Ivy home page.
 Apache IvyDE 2.0.0 July 13, 2009 - Apache IvyDE 2.0.0 ReleasedApache IvyDE 2.0.0 is now available for download from http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/download.cgi or directly from the updatesite http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/ivyde/updatesite
This is the first release considered as stable since the project as been hosted by the Apache Software Foundation.
Major changes in this release:
the 'resolve in workspace' feature (make IvyDE search for Ivy dependenciesdirectly into the Eclipse projects) has been introduced in the last releasebut was quite experimental. It has been refactored to be more reliable andhave been reported to be working like a charm by some of the IvyDE early users.
the user documentation of IvyDE is now available directly into the Eclipse help center.
IvyDE can now load property files along with the Ivy settings.
For more information see the IvyDE home page.
 Apache Ivy 2.0.0 January 20, 2009 - Apache Ivy 2.0.0 ReleasedApache Ivy 2.0.0 (final) is now available for download as source or binary (with and without dependencies) from http://ant.apache.org/ivy/download.cgi.
This is the first non-beta release of Ivy under Apache and includes some major new features like: enhanced Maven2 compatibility, improved cache management, improved concurrency support and numerous bug fixes and other improvements.
For more information see the Ivy home page.
 Apache AntUnit 1.1 September 26, 2008 - Apache AntUnit 1.1 ReleasedApache AntUnit 1.1 is now available for download as binary or source release.
In addition to a few bugfixes and some new assertions AntUnit 1.1 allows test listeners to receive the log output of the project under test. Both plainlistener and xmllistener have an option that makes them echo the project's output into their respective logs.
For more information see the Antlib's home page
 Apache AntUnit 1.1 Beta 1 September 3, 2008 - Apache AntUnit 1.1 Beta 1 Available Apache Ant 1.7.1 June 27, 2008 - Apache Ant 1.7.1 AvailableApache Ant 1.7.1 is now available for download.
 Ant 1.7.1 is mainly a bugfix release.
Ant 1.7.1 has extended support for Java6 features.
 Ant 1.7.1  now has support for JavaFX.</p><h3> Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now! </h3><h3>October 11, 2007 - Apache Ivy is an Ant Sub-Project Now!</h3><p>Apache Ivy, 'A Java based tool for tracking, resolving and managing project dependencies.', just finished Incubation and has joined the Ant project. More information will be available from the Ant site soon.</p><p>Until we've finished the migration, you can learn more about Ivy from its Incubator website.</p><h3> Apache AntUnit 1.0 </h3><h3>January 8, 2007 - Apache AntUnit 1.0 Available</h3><p>Apache AntUnit 1.0 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.7.0 </h3><h3>December 19, 2006 - Apache Ant 1.7.0 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.7.0 is now available for download.</p><p> Ant 1.7 introduces a resource framework. Some of the core ant tasks such as <copy/> are now able to process not only file system resources but also zip entries, tar entries, paths, .. Resource collections group resources, and can be further combined with operators such as union and intersection. This can be extended by custom resources and custom tasks using resources.</p><p> Ant 1.7 starts outsourcing of optional tasks to Antlibs. The .NET antlib in preparation will replace the .NET optional tasks which ship in Ant. Support for the version control system Subversion will be only provided as an antlib to be released shortly. </p><p>Ant 1.7 fixes also a large number of bugs.</p><p>Ant 1.7 has some initial support for Java6 features.</p><h3> Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 </h3><h3>November 6, 2006 - Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 Available</h3><p>Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains support for tools like NUnit as well as the 'old' .NET tasks of Ant's core. It has been tested Microsoft's frameworks as well as Mono.</p><p>For more information see the Antlib's home page</p><h3> Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta2 </h3><h3>October 29, 2006 - Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta2 Available</h3><p>Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.</p><h3> Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 </h3><h3>Apache Ant 1.8.2</h3><h3>September 22, 2006 - Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 Available</h3><p>Apache AntUnit 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains tasks to test Ant tasks using Ant instead of JUnit. For more information see the AntUnit home page.</p><h3> Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 </h3><img src='https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introductiontoant-110810012100-phpapp01/95/introduction-to-apache-ant-1-728.jpg?cb=1312939387' alt='Apache Ant 1.8 0' title='Apache Ant 1.8 0'><h3>September 13, 2006 - Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 Available</h3><p>Apache .NET Ant Library 1.0Beta1 is now available for download.</p><p>This Ant Library contains support for tools like NUnit as well as the 'old' .NET tasks of Ant's core. It has been tested Microsoft's frameworks as well as Mono.</p><p>For more information see the Antlib's home page</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.6.5 </h3><h3>June 2, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.5 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.6.5 is now available for download.</p><img src='https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/ant-plant-dischidia-pectinoides-pear-climb-metal-wire-fence-33738372.jpg' alt='Apache ant 1.8 0 download' title='Apache ant 1.8 0 download'><p>This is a bug fix release.</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.6.4 </h3><h3>May 19, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.4 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.6.4 is now available for download.</p><p>This is a bug fix release.</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.6.3 </h3><h3>April 28, 2005 - Apache Ant 1.6.3 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.6.3 is now available for download.</p><p><a href='https://site-3358811-1118-66.mystrikingly.com/blog/bootsect-zip-download-free'>Bootsect exe download</a>. There is a large list of fixed bugs and enhancements.</p><p>Some of the bugs affecting the embedded use of Ant are fixed.</p><h3> Apache Antidote Retired </h3><h3>April 4th, 2005 - The Apache Ant Project Retires Apache Antidote, the Ant GUI</h3><p>The Antidote subproject was once started to provide a GUI for Ant at a time where IDE support for Ant was far from usable. Unfortunately it never attracted a developer community of its own.</p><p>At the same time IDE support for Ant has become ubiquitous by now and there is little reason to have a GUI just for Ant. This makes it even less likely that volunteers will start to spend time working on it.</p><p>Antidote's development has been stalled for years now, despite some efforts to rejuvenate it by single developers. Therefore the Ant developers have chosen to retire Antidote.</p><p>Antidote will no longer be developed by the Ant project; its CVS module will be shut down.</p><img src='https://www.provartesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2-1-1.png' alt='Apache Ant 1.8 0' title='Apache Ant 1.8 0'><p>If you are interested in Antidote's sources to learn from or build on it, you can find snapshots at http://archive.apache.org/ant/antidote/.</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.6.2 </h3><h3>July 16, 2004 - Apache Ant 1.6.2 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.6.2 available for download.</p><p>Nested elements for namespaced tasks and types may belong to theAnt default namespace as well as the task's or type's namespace.</p><p>All exceptions thrown by tasks are now wrapped in abuildexception giving the location in the buildfile of the task.</p><p>Ant 1.6.2 fixes a large number of bugs and adds a number offeatures which were asked for by users on Bugzilla.</p><h3> Wiki Migration </h3><h3>February 29, 2004</h3><p>The Apache Ant Wiki pages have been migrated to their new home on the Apache Wiki farm. </p><h3> Apache Ant 1.6.1 </h3><h3>February 12, 2004 - Apache Ant 1.6.1 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.6.1 is still available for download. </p><p>The ASF Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0. For a copy of that license, please see http://www.apache.org/licenses/.</p><p>The Ant 1.6.1 release is delivered with the Apache License 2.0.</p><p>Ant 1.6.1 fixes several bugs, most notably the handling of the default namespace for nested elements.</p><p>Ant 1.6.1 also introduces initial support for compiling with Java 1.5.</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.6.0 </h3><h3>December 18, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.6.0 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.6.0 is still available for download. </p><p>As we've already said in the announcements of Ant 1.5.4, this release requires JDK 1.2 or later to run.</p><p>Ant 1.6.0 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks. For a longer list of fixed bugs and new features see the release notes.</p><p>If you find anything that hasn't been covered in the manual (I bet youdid) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in theWiki.</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.5.4 </h3><h3>August 12, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.4 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is still available for download. </p><p>This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the <code>javah</code> task on JDK 1.4.2 and a couple of bugs in the Visual Age for Java intergration tasks. If you don't use javah or VAJ, there is no reason to upgrade.</p><div>Ant 1.5.4 is the last release that supports JDK 1.1. Ant 1.6.0 requires JDK 1.2 or later. </div><h3> Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award </h3><h3>June 11th, 2003: Apache Ant wins a Java Pro readers' choice award</h3><p> Ant has won the Java Pro 2003 Readers' Choice Award for </p><p><strong>Most Valuable Java Deployment Technology</strong>. </p><p> Thanks to Java Pro and all its readers. You can read about these awards at the Java Pro website. </p><h3> JDJ Editors Choice Award </h3><h3>June 2003: Apache Ant wins JDJ Editors' Choice Award</h3><p>'Ant is the hammer of the Java world: without it, civilization might have progressed, but much more slowly than it has. Ant is one of the most useful build tools I have ever had the pleasure to use.' - Joe Ottinger </p><h3> Apache Ant keeps on winning! </h3><h3>June 9th, 2003: Apache Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award</h3><p> Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for </p><p><strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong></p><p> for the second time in a row! Read the full article -- or jump directly to the bit about our award<code>:)</code></p><h3> Apache Ant 1.5.3 </h3><h3>April 9, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.3 Available</h3><p>Apache Ant 1.5.3 is still available for download. </p><h3> Apache Ant 1.5.2 </h3><h3>March 3, 2003 - Apache Ant 1.5.2 Available!</h3><p>The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is available for download. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the discussion on the dev and user mailing lists. </p><img src='https://websiteforstudents.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/opencrx_ubuntu_install_2.png' alt='Apache-ant-1.8.1' title='Apache-ant-1.8.1'><h3> Apache Ant Top Level Project </h3><h3>November 18, 2002</h3><p>The Apache board created the Apache Ant top level project. Ant has now migrated from the Jakarta project into an Apache project of its own. This is primarily an organizational change and will not affect the technical aspects of the project. Ant retains a strong association with the Apache Jakarta project. One effect of this change is that the Ant webpage is now located at http://ant.apache.org/</p><h3> Apache Ant 1.5.1 </h3><h3>October 3, 2002 - Apache Ant 1.5.1 Available !</h3><p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is still available for download. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. </p><h3> Apache Ant 1.5 </h3><h3>July 15, 2002 - Fix for Cygwin problem in wrapper script available</h3><p>The wrapper script of Apache Ant 1.5 needs to be replaced with a new version for Cygwin users. See the FAQ for details.</p><h3>July 10, 2002 - Apache Ant 1.5 Released!</h3><h3>Apache-ant-1.8.1</h3><p>The final version of Ant 1.5 is now available for download. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. </p><h3> Apache Ant wins again! </h3><h3>Apache Ant 1.8 0 Download</h3><h3>Apr 29, 2002: Apache Ant wins <em>Software Development</em> magazine's 2002 Productivity Award.</h3><p> Ant has been awarded a <strong>2002 Productivity Award</strong> by <em>Software Development</em> magazine. Read the press release for more information and the full list of winners. </p><h3> Apache Ant has won! </h3><h3>Mar 26, 2002: Apache Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award</h3><p> Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong>. Read the full article -- or jump directly to the bit about our award<code>:)</code></p><h3> Java 1.4 Support </h3><h3>Feb 15, 2002: Java 1.4 Support</h3><p> Java 1.4 has now been released by Sun. The latest Apache Ant source supports the new <tt>assert</tt> statement in the compiler task via the <tt>source</tt> attribute. It also contains a compatibility fix needed for some ant tasks on Java 1.4 over Windows XP. If you have problems running Ant 1.4.1 on WinXP/Java 1.4, please use a recent build or compile your own version from the source tree. </p><h3> See our new logo! </h3><h3>Have a look at our new cool logo!</h3><h3> Apache Ant 1.4.1 </h3><h3>11 October 2001 Apache Ant 1.4.1 released !</h3><p>Please visit the download area. </p><h3> Best-Practices Profile of Apache Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder </h3><h3>Apache Ant 1.8.1</h3><p>Sun has released an introductory article on Apache Ant on their Dot-Com Builder site on May 30 2001. See http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp</p><h2> Contents </h2><div><strong>Installed Programs:</strong><span>ant, antRun, antRun.pl, complete-ant-cmd.pl, runant.pl, and runant.py</span></div><div><strong>Installed Directories:</strong><span>/opt/ant-1.9.4</span></div><h3> Short Descriptions </h3><table border='0'><tbody><tr><td><p><span><strong>ant</strong></span></p></td><td><p> is a <span>Java</span> based build tool used by many packages instead of the conventional <span><strong>make</strong></span> program. </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span><strong>antRun</strong></span></p></td><td><p> is a support script used to start <span><strong>ant</strong></span> build scripts in a given directory. </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span><strong>antRun.pl</strong></span></p></td><td><p> is a <span>Perl</span> script that provides similar functionality offered by the <span><strong>antRun</strong></span> script. </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span><strong>complete-ant-cmd.pl</strong></span></p></td><td><p> is a <span>Perl</span> script that allows <span>Bash</span> to complete an <span><strong>ant</strong></span> command-line. </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span><strong>runant.pl</strong></span></p></td><td><p> is a <span>Perl</span> wrapper script used to invoke <span><strong>ant</strong></span>. </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span><strong>runant.py</strong></span></p></td><td><p> is a <span>Python</span> wrapper script used to invoke <span><strong>ant</strong></span>. </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span><code>ant*.jar</code></span></p></td><td><p> files are the <span>Apache Ant</span><span>Java</span> class libraries. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><br><br>