How to Install ANT in Windows XP

First,You must have JDK installed first.
2.Get the ANT for windows here:
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1 http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

choose latest version with zip package
3.After download ANT,extract zip package in (for example) C:\Ant


4.Set ANT_HOME

* Right click My Computer icon
* Choose properties
* Choose Advanced Tab
* Choose Environtmen Variables Button
* In the System Variables, click New Button
* Give the Variable Name:ANT_HOME
Give the Value: C:\Ant
* Click OK

Then,we’ll add new ANT_HOME path,

Find PATH in the Variable Column in System variables frame

* After found, click Edit button
* Then, add the following text in the bottom of Variable value:
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1 %ANT_HOME%\bin;
* Click OK to finish

5.Check wheter ANT works correctly or not.
In the command prompt, type:
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1 ant -version

then click enter,
if the result text is something like:
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1 Apache Ant version 1.7.1 compiled on June 27 2008

then your ANT is work correctly on your Windows

6.The end.