Java

Manual install

• Download a binary distribution from the official site;
• Ant isn't installed, just unzip it (for example to c:\ant)
• Configure the required environment variables:
  Righ-Click "My Computer" -> Properties -> Advanced -> Press "Environment Variables" button
  
  Ant will search for the JAVA_HOME environment variable if you don't have it create a new one.
  NOTE: don't surround the path with "" ant wont be able to use it that way.
  Example: JAVA_HOME C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_37
  
  Put the c:\ant\bin in your PATH variable
  It may be a good idea to create a environment variable named ANT_HOME and then add that to the PATH variable:
  ANT_HOME c:\ant\
  PATH (append the bin folder to the string)  ;%ANT_HOME%\bin
   
• Check that ant is running properly.
  In a console type:
  If you dont have a build.xml file on the current directory you should see the following output:

  C:\>ant
  Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
  Build failed
  

  
  Check the ant version:

  C:\>ant -version
  Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.4 compiled on May 22 2012

Using the java sdk update tool

If you instaled the java sdk you can use the update tool to install ant:

In the update tools choose: Available add-ons -> Apache Ant build tool and install it;
You'll need to have your environment variables defined:
set the JAVA_HOME

Like the previous step, to use the ant command, edit and add ";as-install-parent/ant/bin" to your PATH environment variable (the default installation path is "C:\glassfish3\ant\bin").