How to set ANT_HOME with Windows?

Question

How can I easily set ANT_HOME under Windows? I added "D:\Installz\apache-ant-1.8.2\bin;" to my system environment variable PATH and I also created an ANT_HOME variable.

Answer 1

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