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<section name="Downloading Ant">

<p>Use the links below to download a binary distribution of Ant from
one of our mirrors.  It is good practice to 
<a href="[location]#Verify Releases">verify the integrity</a>
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 <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">main distribution
directory</a>.</p>

<p>Ant is distributed as <code>zip</code>, <code>tar.gz</code> and
<code>tar.bz2</code> archives - the contents are the same.  Please
note that the <code>tar.*</code> 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
<code>tar</code>.</p>

<p>In addition the <a href="http://www.jpackage.org">JPackage
project</a> provides RPMs at their own distribution site.</p>

<p>If you do not see the file you need in the links below, please see
the <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">master distribution
directory</a> or, preferably, its <a href="[preferred]/ant/">mirror</a>.</p>

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<section name="Downloading Ant 1.6beta">

<p>Beta releases are not mirrored, you can find our latest beta
release at <a
href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/">http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/</a>.</p>

</section>

<section name="Mirror">

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

<form action="[location]" method="get" id="SelectMirror">
Other mirrors: <select name="Preferred">
[if-any http]
  [for http]<option value="[http]">[http]</option>[end]
[end]  
[if-any ftp]
  [for ftp]<option value="[ftp]">[ftp]</option>[end]
[end]
[if-any backup]
  [for backup]<option value="[backup]">[backup] (backup)</option>[end]
[end]
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Change" />     
</form>
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<section name="Current Release of Ant">

<p>Currently, Apache Ant 1.5.4 is the best available version, see the
<a href="[preferred]/ant/README.html">release notes</a>.</p>

<div class="warning">
<div class="label">Note</div>
<div class="content">Ant 1.5.4 has been released on 12-August-2003 and
may not be available on all mirrors for a few days.</div>
</div>

<ul>
<li><code>.zip</code> archive: 
<a href="[preferred]/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.zip">apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.zip</a> 
[<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.zip.asc">PGP</a>]
[<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.zip.md5">MD5</a>]</li>

<li><code>.tar.gz</code> archive: 
<a href="[preferred]/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz">apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz</a> 
[<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz.asc">PGP</a>]
[<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz.md5">MD5</a>]</li>

<li><code>.tar.bz2</code> archive: 
<a href="[preferred]/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.bz2">apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.bz2</a> 
[<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.bz2.asc">PGP</a>]
[<a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.bz2.md5">MD5</a>]</li>
</ul>
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<section name="Nightly Builds">

<p>If you wish to use the latest Ant features, you can try downloading a
<a href="http://cvs.apache.org/builds/ant/nightly/">nightly build</a>.
</p>

</section>

<section name="Old Ant Releases">

<p>Older releases of Ant can be found <a
href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/">here</a>.  Those
releases are only provided as <code>zip</code> archives that can be
extracted by <code>jar xf </code><em>archive.zip</em> - we highly
recommend to not use those releases but upgrade to Ant's <a
href="[location]#Current Release of Ant">latest</a> release.</p>

</section>

<section name="Verify Releases">

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

<p>The PGP signatures can be verified using PGP or GPG.  First
download the <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/KEYS">KEYS</a>
as well as the <code>asc</code> signature file for the particular
distribution.  Make sure you get these files from the <a
href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/">main distribution
directory</a>, rather than from a mirror. Then verify the signatures
using</p>

<p><code>
% pgpk -a KEYS<br />
% pgpv apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz.asc<br />
</code>
<em>or</em><br />
<code>
% pgp -ka KEYS<br />
% pgp apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz.asc<br />
</code>
<em>or</em><br />
<code>
% gpg --import KEYS<br />
% gpg --verify apache-ant-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz.asc
</code></p>

<p>Alternatively, you can verify the MD5 signature on the files.  A
unix program called <code>md5</code> or <code>md5sum</code> is
included in many unix distributions.  It is also available as part of
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/textutils/textutils.html">GNU
Textutils</a>.  Windows users can get binary md5 programs from <a
href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/">here</a>, <a
href="http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/freeware/console/">here</a>, or
<a href="http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/">here</a>.</p>

<p>We highly recommend to verify the PGP signature, though.</p>

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