What's here: jhMaster/ - the main JavaHelp sources and Makefiles javahelp_nbproject/ - Ant build script and NetBeans project metadata for building JavaHelp JSearchClient_nbproject/ - Ant build script and NetBeans project metadata for building the JSearch client sources JSearchIndexer_nbproject/ - Ant build script and NetBeans project metadata for building the JSearch indexer sources To do a complete build of all JavaHelp JARs with Ant, use the "release" target of the Ant script in javahelp_nbproject/build.xml The official build scripts are the Makefiles, not the Ant scripts. Before using Ant scripts make sure all products of the Makefiles are cleaned.