# Ant Configure - unsure of app.host/app.path  (Windows XAMPP)

**URL:** <https://forum.shopware.com/t/ant-configure-unsure-of-app-host-app-path-windows-xampp/19206>\
**Category:** Shopware 3.5\
**Tags:** installation--gettin\
**Created:** [20. März 2014 um 15:58 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/ant-configure-unsure-of-app-host-app-path-windows-xampp/19206 "2014-03-20T15:58:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndrewMacKay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@AndrewMacKay](https://forum.shopware.com/u/AndrewMacKay)\
**Post date:** [20. März 2014 um 15:58 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/ant-configure-unsure-of-app-host-app-path-windows-xampp/19206/1 "2014-03-20T15:58:15Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to get up and running on Windows 8 (don’t ask!), and am a little confused as to what I should specify in the \>ant configure , options. Specifically I am using XAMPP, which is installed in C:\xampp. I am guessing that app.path may be the relative path from my server to my shopaware files and that app.host may refer to the path to apache/bin. However I am not sure! and since there could be thousands of different permutations, I wonder if anyone can provide a canonical answer? thanks

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**Author:** ![jhit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@jhit](https://forum.shopware.com/u/jhit)\
**Post date:** [1. April 2015 um 18:09 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/ant-configure-unsure-of-app-host-app-path-windows-xampp/19206/2 "2015-04-01T18:09:18Z")

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I’m currently struggling with the same task. Obviously the ant build config is made for UNIX systems. On Windows I cannot get it to work properly even if I install all tools. `static-pdepend: [exec] Datei -L nicht gefunden [exec] Datei [b]D:JOSHUAPDTSHOPWARE-NEXTPUBLIC[/b]/ENGINE/SHOPWARE/ nicht gefunden [exec] Datei -NAME nicht gefunden [exec] Datei -PRINT0 nicht gefunden [exec] xargs: php: No such file or directory` Some tools cannot handle the windows backslash path separator: D:JOSHUAPDTSHOPWARE-NEXTPUBLIC should read D:\JOSHUA\PDT\SHOPWARE-NEXT\PUBLIC Can ANT convert this to proper forward slashed path?

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**Author:** ![Shopwareianer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Shopwareianer](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Shopwareianer)\
**Post date:** [1. April 2015 um 18:11 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/ant-configure-unsure-of-app-host-app-path-windows-xampp/19206/3 "2015-04-01T18:11:23Z")

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Shopware5 doesnt support Windows it requires Linux. But you can install Shopware5 pretty easy with vagrant & virtualbox which is a linux based dev machine. Heres a little tutorial on how to set up vagrant: [https://devdocs.shopware.com/developers … -phpstorm/](https://devdocs.shopware.com/developers-guide/vagrant-phpstorm/)