First cd into the dir this build file is placed in: cd colt Then type one of the following to build the software: ant -help - Print help on general ant usage ant help - Print this help text ant build - Compile, generate jars, [javadoc] ant doc - Generate documentation ant dist - Build and generate distribution downloads Further individual targets used internally by above targets: javac - Compile all *.java files into .class files javadoc - Generate javadoc files from *.java jar - Generate jar file(s) from .class files style - Generate website into doc/ directory