# Apache Ant - Binary Distributions

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# Binary Distributions

### Downloading Ant

Use the links below to download a binary distribution of Ant from one of our mirrors. It is good practice to verify the integrity of the distribution files, especially if you are using one of our mirror sites. In order to do this you must use the signatures from our main distribution directory.

Ant is distributed as `zip`, `tar.gz` and `tar.bz2` archives - the contents are the same. Please note that the `tar.*` archives contain file names longer than 100 characters and have been created using GNU tar extensions. Thus they must be untarred with a GNU compatible version of `tar`.

In addition the JPackage project provides RPMs at their own distribution site.

If you do not see the file you need in the links below, please see the master distribution directory or, preferably, its mirror.

### Mirror

You are currently using [preferred]. If you encounter a problem with this mirror, please select another mirror. If all mirrors are failing, there are backup mirrors (at the end of the mirrors list) that should be available.

Other mirrors:

### Current Release of Ant

Currently, Apache Ant 1.6.2 is the best available version, see the release notes.

Note
Ant 1.6.2 has been released on 16-July-2004 and may not be available on all mirrors for a few days.
Tar files may require gnu tar to extract
Tar files in the distribution contain long file names, and may require gnu tar to do the extraction.

- `.zip` archive: apache-ant-1.6.2-bin.zip [PGP] [MD5]
- `.tar.gz` archive: apache-ant-1.6.2-bin.tar.gz [PGP] [MD5]
- `.tar.bz2` archive: apache-ant-1.6.2-bin.tar.bz2 [PGP] [MD5]

### Nightly Builds

If you wish to use the latest Ant features, you can try downloading a nightly build.

### Old Ant Releases

Older releases of Ant can be found here. Those releases are only provided as `zip` archives that can be extracted by `jar xf` archive.zip - we highly recommend to not use those releases but upgrade to Ant's latest release.

### Verify Releases

It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded files using the PGP or MD5 signatures.

The PGP signatures can be verified using PGP or GPG. First download the KEYS as well as the `asc` signature file for the particular distribution. Make sure you get these files from the main distribution directory, rather than from a mirror. Then verify the signatures using

`% pgpk -a KEYS
% pgpv apache-ant-1.6.2-bin.tar.gz.asc
` or
`% pgp -ka KEYS
% pgp apache-ant-1.6.2-bin.tar.gz.asc
` or
`% gpg --import KEYS
% gpg --verify apache-ant-1.6.2-bin.tar.gz.asc`

Alternatively, you can verify the MD5 signature on the files. A unix program called `md5` or `md5sum` is included in many unix distributions. It is also available as part of GNU Textutils. Windows users can get binary md5 programs from here, here, or here.

We highly recommend to verify the PGP signature, though.

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