Newbie Question: Installation Issues

[ninoclown]

Hello, I am trying to install ANT 1.7.0 so I can install a new CRM in my office. Version 1.7.0 is a prerequisite for this particular CRM - Open CRX.

I have the zip file downloaded and the files extracted, but do not know how to actually install. There is a "install" file in the package but it is 1KB and is listed as "file" not as an executable file.

I'm running a WinXP server also.

Any advice would be great!!!!!

Thanks!

[David Weintraub]

Ant is a Java program, so you need the Java JDK installed. All you need to
do is this:

   1. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to your JDK location.
   (Hint, install the Java JDK directly under the root of your local drive
   (like C:\JDK-1.6) and not the default location (C:\Program
   Files\Java\JDK-1.6 or whatever). This avoids a space in the path of your
   javac and java commands.
   2. Unzip Ant into a directory (I recommend again the root of your
   localdrive like C:\Ant. This is to avoid the space in the pathname issue.
   3. Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to point to your Ant
   installation directory.
   4. Put ANT_HOME\bin under your PATH environment variable. There's an
   "ant.bat" file in there that will run ant. You can copy this to the
   C:\Windows\System32 directory, but if you do, you must have ANT_HOME set as
   an environment variable.

Now, when you're in a console window and type "ant", it'll execute ant.

In some ways, it's a bit more complex than the self installed "one click"
packages, but in other ways, it's a lot simpler. All of Ant is in your Ant
directory. You can move it or delete it, without worrying about registry
corruption.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM, ninoclown <ninoclown@...> wrote:

>
> Hello, I am trying to install ANT 1.7.0 so I can install a new CRM in my
> office. Version 1.7.0 is a prerequisite for this particular CRM - Open CRX.
>
> I have the zip file downloaded and the files extracted, but do not know how
> to actually install. There is a "install" file in the package but it is 1KB
> and is listed as "file" not as an executable file.
>
> I'm running a WinXP server also.
>
> Any advice would be great!!!!!
>
> Thanks!
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[ninoclown]

Thanks David!

I actually had the JDK installed and environment variable set already. I followed your directions and extracted to the proper directory, so I should be all good.

Thanks again!

David Weintraub wrote:

Ant is a Java program, so you need the Java JDK installed. All you need to
do is this:

   1. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to your JDK location.
   (Hint, install the Java JDK directly under the root of your local drive
   (like C:\JDK-1.6) and not the default location (C:\Program
   Files\Java\JDK-1.6 or whatever). This avoids a space in the path of your
   javac and java commands.
   2. Unzip Ant into a directory (I recommend again the root of your
   localdrive like C:\Ant. This is to avoid the space in the pathname issue.
   3. Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to point to your Ant
   installation directory.
   4. Put ANT_HOME\bin under your PATH environment variable. There's an
   "ant.bat" file in there that will run ant. You can copy this to the
   C:\Windows\System32 directory, but if you do, you must have ANT_HOME set as
   an environment variable.

Now, when you're in a console window and type "ant", it'll execute ant.

In some ways, it's a bit more complex than the self installed "one click"
packages, but in other ways, it's a lot simpler. All of Ant is in your Ant
directory. You can move it or delete it, without worrying about registry
corruption.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM, ninoclown <[e-mail]> wrote:

>
> Hello, I am trying to install ANT 1.7.0 so I can install a new CRM in my
> office. Version 1.7.0 is a prerequisite for this particular CRM - Open CRX.
>
> I have the zip file downloaded and the files extracted, but do not know how
> to actually install. There is a "install" file in the package but it is 1KB
> and is listed as "file" not as an executable file.
>
> I'm running a WinXP server also.
>
> Any advice would be great!!!!!
>
> Thanks!
> --
> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/Newbie-Question%3A-Installation-Issues-tp25794828p25794828.html
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