How to Install Ant on Mac High Sierra 10.13 Easy Guide

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Ant Mac High Sierra Installation Guide




Hello Mac User! This Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How to Install Ant on Mac High Sierra.

First of all Ant for Mac High Sierra is a build tool, a small program designed to help software teams develop big programs by automating all the drudge-work tasks of compiling code, running tests, and packaging the results for redistribution.

Furthermore Apache Ant is written in Java and is designed to be cross-platform, easy to use, extensible, and scalable.

Finally included in the Tutorial a Link to Getting Installed the Recommended Oracle Java JDK for Mac High Sierra 10.13.

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  1. Download Latest Apache Ant Binaries

    Latest Apache Ant tar.gz

  2. Then Double-Click on Ant Archive to Extract

  3. Open a Command Line Terminal Window
    Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    How to Install Ant on Mac High Sierra - Open Terminal

  4. Next Relocate Apache Ant:

    sudo su
    mv /Users/dave/Downloads/apache-ant* /opt/
    exit

  5. And Set Up the User PATH:

    nano $HOME/.profile

    Append:

    export PATH=$PATH:/opt/apache-ant-[X.Y.Z]/bin
    export ANT_HOME=/opt/apache-ant-[X.Y.Z]
    export JAVA_HOME=[/path/2/jdk7]

    The JAVA_HOME Should Point to the Oracle Java JDK Installation.

    How-to Install Recommended Oracle JDK 7+ on Mac OS X:

    Install Oracle JDK for Mac

    Then Load the New SetUp:

    source $HOME/.profile

  6. Finally Test Ant Installation:

    ant -version

  7. Apache Ant Building Java Quick-Start

    Ant Quick-Start Guide