Thanks David! I actually had the JDK installed and environment variable set already. I followed your directions and extracted to the proper directory, so I should be all good.
Thanks again! David Weintraub wrote: > > Ant is a Java program, so you need the Java JDK installed. All you need to > do is this: > > 1. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to your JDK > location. > (Hint, install the Java JDK directly under the root of your local drive > (like C:\JDK-1.6) and not the default location (C:\Program > Files\Java\JDK-1.6 or whatever). This avoids a space in the path of > your > javac and java commands. > 2. Unzip Ant into a directory (I recommend again the root of your > localdrive like C:\Ant. This is to avoid the space in the pathname > issue. > 3. Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to point to your Ant > installation directory. > 4. Put ANT_HOME\bin under your PATH environment variable. There's an > "ant.bat" file in there that will run ant. You can copy this to the > C:\Windows\System32 directory, but if you do, you must have ANT_HOME > set as > an environment variable. > > Now, when you're in a console window and type "ant", it'll execute ant. > > In some ways, it's a bit more complex than the self installed "one click" > packages, but in other ways, it's a lot simpler. All of Ant is in your Ant > directory. You can move it or delete it, without worrying about registry > corruption. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM, ninoclown <ninocl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> Hello, I am trying to install ANT 1.7.0 so I can install a new CRM in my >> office. Version 1.7.0 is a prerequisite for this particular CRM - Open >> CRX. >> >> I have the zip file downloaded and the files extracted, but do not know >> how >> to actually install. There is a "install" file in the package but it is >> 1KB >> and is listed as "file" not as an executable file. >> >> I'm running a WinXP server also. >> >> Any advice would be great!!!!! >> >> Thanks! >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Newbie-Question%3A-Installation-Issues-tp25794828p25794828.html >> Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > David Weintraub > qazw...@gmail.com > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Newbie-Question%3A-Installation-Issues-tp25794828p25795356.html Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
