How to set ANT_HOME with Windows?

In Windows 7 you can go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System or right click on Computer and then to “Advance system setting”

1. Choose Advanced Tab
2. Click "Environment Variables" button
3. In System Variables, click "New" button
4. Set Variable Name: ANT_HOME and value as {directoryPath}\apache-ant-1.8.2 (Ex: D:\Installz\apache-ant-1.8.2)
5. Click OK

6. Either click again on New button if you do not have ‘Path’ Variable in there

   OR

   Select it and edit by adding the value : %ANT_HOME%\bin;

7. Click OK
8. To check if ANT is properly configured - In command prompt, type ant -version
9. It should give the ant version installed on your machine

I expect you to be running on Windows (since you are using %). Simply add a new environment variable (Right-click on My Computer > Properties > Advanced > environment Variable) or using SET ANT_HOME=<path> using command line (in that cas, it will only be active on that command line).

Once set you should be able to verify its value by doing echo %ANT_HOME% in command line

The % sign around the variable indicates it is an environment variable.

For linux use the export ANT_HOME=<path> in command line or in your ~/.profile (persistent, require logout/login). Use echo $ANT_HOME for verification.

I had a similar problem of installing JAVA JDK & ANT.

I tried installing JDK this way.

Oracle site --> download JDK setup --> double click on the set up file (on your desktop) --> accept all defaults --> finish.

we need to set environment variable in the deployment system.mycomputer (right click) --> properties --> advanced settings --> Environment variable --> system variable --> add new --> variable name: JAVA_HOME, Variable path: installation path of jdk on you computer --> click ok, ok.

To check the successful installation of Java .windows + R --> cmd --> Java -Versionyou would see the response as below

C:\Users\PRAX>java -versionjava version "1.6.0_38"Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_38-b05)Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.13-b02, mixed mode)

This shows that you have successfully installed JDK & set an environment variable too.

ANT installation:

download ant file from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgichoose a mirror & download the zip (zip is the easiest method to set)

unzip the file on your computer --> copy the path (traverse till bin folder).

Now, we need to set an environment variable,Cmd --> set ANT_HOME = installation path --> press Enterif you have correctly entered, it wont throw any error.now execute, echo %ANT_HOME%you would see the result as your installation path.

your work is done.

you can check the environment variable even in computer properties by default after executing the above set up.

Hope, its useful.