Windows

Download the latest version of Maven
- apache-maven-3.1.0-bin.zip as of this writing
Unzip the archive and place the the Maven folder somewhere on your computer
- ex: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation
Add the following environment variables:
- M2_HOME = C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.1.0
- M2 = %M2_HOME%\bin
Add the M2 environment variables to your Path
Ensure that the JAVA_HOME environment variable exists and is set to the location of your JDK
Ensure that %JAVA_HOME%\bin has been added to your Path
Verify Maven is installed by typing mvn --version in the command prompt

Unix-based

Download the latest version of Maven
- apache-maven-3.1.0-bin.tar.gz as of this writing
Unzip the archive and place the the Maven folder somewhere on your computer
- ex: "/usr/local/apache-maven"
In Terminal, set the M2_HOME environment variable as Maven's location
- ex: export M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-3.1.0
Add the M2 environment variable as Maven's bin location
- ex: export M2=$M2_HOME/bin
Add the M2 environment variable to your path
- ex: export PATH=$M2:$PATH
Ensure that the JAVA_HOME environment variable exists and is set to the location of your JDK
Ensure that $JAVA_HOME/bin has been added to your path
Verify Maven is installed by typing mvn --version in Terminal