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Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool - like make, but without make's
-wrinkles. :-)
+wrinkles. :-)
-Ant is extended using Java classes. The configuration files are XML-based,
-calling out a target tree where tasks get executed. Each task is run by an
+Ant is extended using Java classes. The configuration files are XML-based,
+calling out a target tree where tasks get executed. Each task is run by an
object that implements a Task interface.
This package is using upstream's recommendation of ANT_HOME=/usr/share/ant
+
+apache-ant uses `javac` and friends to compile java projects. Using the stock
+'gcc-java' package, by exporting JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib{64}/jvm envirnoment
+variable. Or from slackbuilds.org, one of jdk, openjdk* works just fine.