ANT_HOME is set incorrectly or ant could not be lo

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I'm trying to build a project in Ant, using BuildFile (build.xml). Although ANT_HOME environment variable clearly exists and is set to the path where "ant.bat" is located, it always displays this error message. How to configure Ant properly to compile builds in Windows?

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Answer 1

I've had the same problem, and this is how I resolved it:

Open your ANT directory and check that all the ANT files exist (like directories for bin,lib,etc...) I found my ANT directory was abnormal, just bin was there, the others like lib were missing. (I'm not sure what caused this)

If you have missing files/directories, unzip the apache-ant-1.9.4-bin.zip again, and make sure all the files exist.

Answer 2

ANT_HOME should be set to the directory where ant is installed. e.g.

If your ant installation is located at: C:\tools\apache-ant

Your ANT_HOME should be set: set ANT_HOME=C:\tools\apache-ant at the System Environment settings and not User Environment Settings

Answer 3

ANT_HOME might be set, but that doesn't mean the path to /bin is in your PATH so the OS can find it.

Add ANT_HOME/bin to your PATH and the OS will be able to find ant.bat.