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1. Download the ant source from http://ant.apache.org/
2. Verify the version you downloaded is legit (they offer pgp and other signatures).

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   Extract the package and copy it to /usr/share (creating /usr/share/apache-ant-\[version\]).

4. Replace the original version of ant with the fresh one. As root:
   1. cd /usr/bin
   2. mv ant ant_orig
   3. ln -s /usr/share/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin/ant ./
   4. mv /etc/ant.conf /etc/ant.conf_rpm_orig

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