Make sure you have a Java environment installed Enter the URL: http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi. On the Apache Ant Project page, find the heading Current Release of Ant. Save and extract the package file into a Linux home directory. Set the ANT_OPTS environment variable: export ANT_OPTS="-Xmx256M" Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to the directory where you installed Ant: export ANT_HOME={ant_dir} Set the PATH environment variable to include the directory where you installed the Ant bin directory: export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin From the ANT_HOME directory run ant -f fetch.xml -Ddest=system