Installing Apache Ant in AIX 6.1
 

I want to install Apache Ant on my AIX 6.1 Server and I'm facing some issues.

When I visit the link http://ant.apache.org/manual/install.html I did not understand the installation step for the files with the extention .tar.gz

The step is : .tar.gz - Uses the tar program to gather files together, and gzip to compress and uncompress.

Here how do I need to use the tar against the ant .tar.gz binary distribution and how do I use the gzip command against the file.

Can you carry heavy stuff?

Maybe you are in the wrong job!

HTH ;0)

gunzip filename.tar.gz to unzip it
tar -tvf filename.tar to see what's in it, and where it will wind up going
tar -xvf filename.tar to actually unarchive the tar file

Bonus advice: Ignore internet smart asses who don't follow up with actual information after their witty comments. They are a sad lot.

On Aix the default tar program isn't really capable. Try something like this:

I think he's probably on the building site by now, wondering if he fully understood what 'heavy stuff' is ;0)

Cruel, I know, but there is a place for comments like this...