Ant Manual Distributions
++ + Downloading Ant's Manual +
+Ant's manual is part of the binary distribution but is also + available as a stand-alone download.
+Use the links below to download a distribution of Ant's manual 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
.
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.
+ ++ + Current Release of Ant +
+Currently, Apache Ant 1.8.1 is the best available version, see the +release notes.
++
-
+
.zip
archive: +apache-ant-1.8.1-manual.zip +[PGP] +[SHA1] +[SHA512] +[MD5]
+
+.tar.gz
archive: +apache-ant-1.8.1-manual.tar.gz +[PGP] +[SHA1] +[SHA512] +[MD5]
+
+.tar.bz2
archive: +apache-ant-1.8.1-manual.tar.bz2 +[PGP] +[SHA1] +[SHA512] +[MD5]
+
+ + Old Ant Releases +
+Manuals for older releases of Ant can be +found here..
++ + Verify Releases +
+It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded +files using the PGP signature or the SHA1, SHA512 or MD5 checksums. The +checksums are not as strong indicators as the PGP signature.
+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
+or
+% pgpv apache-ant-1.8.1-manual.tar.gz.asc
+
+
+% pgp -ka KEYS
+or
+% pgp apache-ant-1.8.1-manual.tar.gz.asc
+
+
+% gpg --import KEYS
+% gpg --verify apache-ant-1.8.1-manual.tar.gz.asc
+
A command line version of GnuPG +is also available for Windows users. Follow the +instructions +to verify the package.
+Alternatively, you can verify the checksums on the files. Unix
+programs called md5
/sha1
/sha512
or
+md5sum
/sha1sum
/sha512sum
are included in many unix
+distributions. *sum
is also available as part of GNU
+Textutils. Windows users can get binary md5 programs from here, here. fsum supports MD5 and
+SHA1.
We highly recommend to verify the PGP signature, though.
+ +