Installing PhoneGap, error executing command 'ant'

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When installing PhoneGap via nodeJS i got an error when trying to run my app (installing phonegap and creating the app worked):

C:\Users\arko\my-app>phonegap run android
[phonegap] detecting Android SDK environment...
[phonegap] using the local environment
[phonegap] adding the Android platform...
    [error] An error occured during creation of android sub-project.

C:\Users\arko\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.3.0\bin\node_modules\q\q.js:126
                throw e;
                      ^
Error: ERROR : executing command 'ant', make sure you have ant installed and add
ed to your path.
    at C:\Users\arko\.cordova\lib\android\cordova\3.3.0\bin\lib\check_reqs.js:47
:27
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:641:7)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:956:11)
    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Pipe.close (net.js:465:12)

So I noticed I never had ANT installed, so I did. I followed this tutorial: http://cleancodedevelopment-qualityseal.blogspot.nl/2012/11/how-to-install-phonegap-for-android.html and done everything it said.

The part it says you have to add stuff to the Path variable, it said just add this: %ANT_HOME%\bin; however my Path ended with this: C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Shared - so I added this to it: ;%ANT_HOME%\bin;

Tried to run the android app again, and got the same error. I ran it with this command:

phonegap run android

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Also ensure you reopen your command prompt after you set the environment variables. — Sean Bannister, May 20 '14 at 07:15
Possible duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20576704/phonegap-cordova-android-development — eeadev, Jul 10 '14 at 19:22

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '14 at 18:59

Probably you have a new version of cordova, i saw that in a partner machine was installed the cordova version 3.5.0 and in my machine it was installed the 3.4.0 version, maybe the ant version is incompatible with the new version of cordova (He and i has the ant version 1.9.4) .

Try install a old version of cordova with this command in the node.js console:

    npm install -g cordova@3.4.0-0.1.0

and run the command again.

Other cause: Verify that your Path Variables are configured correctly..

My english is not pretty good, but i hope help you to solve the problem.

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Variable: ANDROID_HOME Value: C:\Development\adt-bundle\sdk

Variable: ANT_HOME Value: C:\Development\apache-ant-1.9.2

Variable: JAVA_HOME Value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45

then define system paths

%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ANT_HOME%\bin;%ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;

reboot your computer

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Somwang Souksavatd

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 22 '14 at 13:30

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Set the path for ant in your system variables, and use that variable path in your user variables. After setting both, restart your computer so they take effect.

User variables:

PATH = %ANT_HOME%/bin

System variables:

ANT_HOME = c:\your directory

such as

ANT_HOME = C:\ant

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answered Dec 22 '14 at 13:06

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 11:14

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Double check what you set ANT_HOME to, you can do that by opening a "command prompt" (Start -> Run -> CMD) and type echo %ANT_HOME%

Check if this is the correct directory that you have ANT installed into, otherwise set it. (The URL you linked to tells you how).

You can verify the ANT "installation" by typeing ant -version in a "command prompt" window.

answered Feb 24 '14 at 11:14

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C:\Users\arko>echo %ANT_HOME% C:\Program Files\ANT\apache-ant-1.9.3 C:\Users\arko>ant -version Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\li b\tools.jar Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.3 compiled on December 23 2013 C:\Users\arko> – Arko Elsenaar Feb 24 '14 at 11:54
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Seems the JRE doesn't include the **tools.jar** file, you have to download and install the JDK, check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2618281/ant-error-when-trying-to-build-file-cant-find-tools-jar – brianary Feb 24 '14 at 15:58

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 12:41

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¿Did you create JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME variables? ¿Did you also add to the PATH?

answered Feb 24 '14 at 12:41

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Note: you will need to open a new command prompt to pick up changed variables. The PATH variable needs to include "%ANT_HOME%\bin", "%JDK_HOME%\bin", "%ANDROID_SDK%\tools" and "%ANDROID_SDK%\platform-tools". Note that the variable names ANT_HOME, JDK_HOME and ANDROID_SDK are arbitrary, and of course must be set to be used, else the full paths can be used to set the PATH variable. eg PATH={...other_stuff...};C:\data\dev\Apache\Ant\apache-ant-1.9.4\bin;C:\data\dev\Android\android-sdk\tools;C :\data\dev\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_11\bin" – spxl Aug 06 '14 at 17:28

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 14 '14 at 11:35

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Instead of creating the ant variable ANT_HOME, just insert the absolute path in your windows system variable PATH like this:

c:\yourDirectory\ant\bin;

Then it should work/run fine!

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