Ant: Class not found: javac1.8

Question

I am trying to build a project using Ant in eclipse. I right-clicked on build.xml > Run As > Ant Build. However, I am getting the following error:

BUILD FAILED
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Answer 1

Mr. studro is right. I just confirmed an example on Ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-get install ant
ant -version
Apache Ant (TM) Version 1.9.3 compiled on April August 2014

works perfectly in eclipse, just follow the steps described by Mr studro to configure the 'Ant Home' in eclipse with "/usr/share/ant".
Regards, Stéphane.