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Darrel Holt
Darrel Holt

Reputation: 910

IntelliJ bundled Ant location

I'm trying to work on an old Java 6 project but IntelliJ says that I'm using a bundled Ant (1.10.5) which isn't compatible with Java 6 so I can't compile the project using Ant. Is there a way to find where the bundled ant jar file is located within the project?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2928

Answers (3)

CrazyCoder
CrazyCoder

Reputation: 402235

You should not change the bundled Ant version, instead you can supply your own Ant installation path in IntelliJ IDEA build file properties dialog.

Bundled Ant can be found in IDE_HOME/lib/ant directory (/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/lib/ant on macOS).

Upvotes: 1

Nevin
Nevin

Reputation: 779

In IntelliJ 2019.2 go to Ant Tool Window > Build File Properties > Execution > Use Custom Ant to specify the Ant version downloaded

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Upvotes: 5

Darrel Holt
Darrel Holt

Reputation: 910

I found that the bundled Ant is located in /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/lib/ant.

You can also add other versions of ant to the lib directory after downloading them. They should be identified by IntelliJ for other projects after adding it in the Ant Build Properties if you wish to change the Ant version.

For example, adding Ant 1.9.4: /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA.app/Contents/lib/ant_1.9.4.

Upvotes: 1

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