Cannot get ant installed properly for phonegap using eclipse and windows 8

Question

Trying to use Phonegap in Eclipse on windows 8. I\'ve created a project at C:\\Development\\HelloWorld. In the command line, when I type:

phonegap local buil         


        

Answer 1

Just as a extra note to Rex_C's answer: Be sure to reference the Java Development Kit (JDK) and not the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in the JAVA_HOME variable. This will prevent the

Command failed to execute : ant jar

error when running phonegap->android.