“Software is like sex: it’s better when it’s free.”
– Linus Torvalds
Let’s see how to install Ant, which is a requirement for installing GlassFish on Linux.
Download the .tar.gz file from the official website and transfer it to /usr/local.
Unzip the apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.tar.gz file with the following command:
tar xvfz apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.tar.gz
Create our usual symbolic link with the command ln
ln -s apache-ant-1.7.1 ant
Add the environment variables to your shell configuration file (e.g., /root/.bashrc or ~/.bashrc):
ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
export ANT_HOME
PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:.:$PATH
export PATH
Once you have completed these steps, you can start using Ant to build your Java projects.