Apache:How to install ANT tool under Linux

In this tutorial I will show you how you can install ant tool on your linux box. This installing ant in linux is based on the practical work.
Step 1:
Download ant from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi. I have downloaded apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip for this tutorial.

Step 2:

Login to your Linux box and create a directory "ant" under /usr/local.

[root@RoseIndiaLinux local]# mkdir ant
[root@RoseIndiaLinux local]# cd ant
[root@RoseIndiaLinux ant]# pwd
/usr/local/ant
[root@RoseIndiaLinux ant]#

Step 3:

Copy apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip onto your Linux box in /usr/local/ant directory.

Step 4:

Extract the zip file apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip) using unzip command.

[root@RoseIndiaLinux ant]# unzip apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip

above command will extract the content of the zip file and will create a new directory apache-ant-1.7.1

Step 5:

Set path in the .bash_profile

Open the file /root/.bash_profile and add the following codes:

export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant/apache-ant-1.7.1
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/jdk1.6.0_06
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin

Step 6:

Logout and login again to your Linux box. Now ant available on your box.