Also port install ant
See http://www.macports.org/ On 3/7/2014 7:12 AM, Harold Putman wrote: > brew install ant > > See http://brew.sh > > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Tony Anecito <adanec...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> Many Many Thanks!! >> >> -Tony >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 6:28 PM, BryanBerg >> <bb...@spawar.navy.mil> wrote: >> >> It does, I have it installed on OS X, separate from my IDE. >> >> Ant installation instructions are also at: >> >> http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html >> >> Be certain to add ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar into your ANT_HOME >> installation directory, I'm not sure if this was specified in the >> instructions, but not having this jar gave me some hiccups. >> >> Bryan >> >> >> On 3/5/14 3:50 PM, Tony Anecito wrote: >>> I am already using Eclipse on the Mac. I usually setup a build >> environment separate from an IDE. I know Windows is different but >> was hoping since Ant uses Java that it would work under OS X. >>> >>> Thanks, -Tony >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 3:14 PM, Peter West >>> <li...@pbw.id.au> wrote: >>> >>> Download the binary distribution (latest is 1.9.3) from >> http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi >>> >>> Unzip (or gunzip) the distribution somewhere on your system. If >>> you are >> happy using sudo, you can put it in /usr/local, for example. >> Otherwise, put it in you home directory at a convenient >> location. >>> >>> It's a good idea to create a softlink to the distribution >>> directory. So >> if you have /Users/me/software/apache-ant-1.9.3, create a link >> like so: >>> $ cd /Users/me/software $ ln -s apache-ant-1.9.3 ant >>> >>> Now you can set the ANT_HOME environment variable to >> /Users/me/software/ant, and when you install a new distribution >> of ant, you only have to delete the old link and create a new >> one. >>> >>> In /users/me/software/ant is a directory bin which contains the >>> shell >> scripts (compatible with linux/unix and os x) which will be used >> to run ant. You need to make sure that the bin directory is on >> your PATH. >>> >>> In your .profile, add the following. >>> >>> Near the top of the file, define these functions: >>> >>> set_env_var () { eval export $1=\""$2"\" eval launchctl setenv >>> "$1" \""$2"\" } >>> >>> unset_env_var () { unset $1 eval launchctl unsetenv "$1" } >>> >>> Anywhere below that in .profile, you can now define >>> environment >> variables that will also be set for programs that run directly >> from the GUI. >>> >>> After your PATH environment variable has been set, add this: >>> >>> set_env_var ANT_HOME /Users/me/software/ant >>> >>> PATH="$PATH:$ANT_HOME/bin" export PATH launchctl setenv PATH >>> "$PATH" >>> >>> >>> Peter West >>> >>> ...and again, as his custom was, he taught them. >>> >>> >>> On 6 Mar 2014, at 7:03 am, Tony Anecito <adanec...@yahoo.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I am new to Mac OS X. What is the easiest way to get Ant >>>> running on OS >> X? I tried copying my ant folder from Windows to Mac OS X and it >> would not run. >>>> >>>> Thanks! -Tony >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
