ant

Package Name:

ant

Summary:

Ant build tool for java

URL:

http://ant.apache.org/

Description:

Ant is a platform-independent build tool for java. It's used by apache jakarta and xml projects.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.7.1

Release:

15.el6

Size:

2.5 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0 and W3C

Command

Description of Command

yum install ant

This command will install ant on the server.

yum remove ant

This command will un-install ant on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ant, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ant

This command will un-install ant on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ant when using the -y flag.

yum update ant

This command will update ant to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ant, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ant

This command will update ant to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ant when using the -y flag.

yum info ant

This command will show you core information about the ant package.

yum deplist ant

This command will show you the dependencies for ant. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update ant

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ant. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.

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