How to Install Maven

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

Resources

• http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi