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Get a copy of the ANT source tar/zip, DL it, and use the bootstrap method of building a very current ANT.
A lot of the other Jakarta projects use it as a build tool, so it's important to understand.
Good idea for a forum!
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I'd add my recommendation for Ant. I have tried a lot of the Jakarta projects, but the only ones which I use every day are Ant, Xerces and Xalan - and I only use Xerces and Xalan because they integrate so well with Ant!
Ant is extremely powerful and flexible, and I have completely eliminated any manual steps in the development and deployment of software. XSLT processing, templating, compilation, unit testing , "jar" and "war"-ing, ftp transfers, remote deployment, server restarts, email notification and version control - all with one command!
If you haven't done so yet, I strongly suggest giving Ant a try - you might never look back.
 
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After years of pleading at work that we should use ant for our java-based builds rather than Make (which makes java builds rather more awkward) at last BEA include ant with their WLS distribution.
And suddenly now it's ok to use it because BEA have 'validated' it, and they've agreed to let me use ant. Yippee! Victory at last!
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