Java, Maven

How to Configure Maven in Window and Linux?

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Configuration in Maven  in Window and Linux required below steps.

  • Download latest version of maven from below link

Download Link : http://maven.apache.org/

Configuration in Window

  • Unzip file apache-maven-X.X.X-bin.zip and change unzip file name like name as maven. It will have directory structure like below

  • window maven directory
    Maven Directory Structure
  • Copy this maven folder to C:\Program Files (x86) directory.
  • Add below Environment Variable by right click on My Computer -> Properties-> Environment Variable/Advance System Settings 
    User Environment Variable

M2_HOME : C:\Program Files (x86)\maven
M2: %M2_HOME%\bin
PATH : %M2%;

If you already have any value in PATH add %M2%;   after end of value.

    It will show as below in screen shot

    maven environment variable window

  • Close all console instances/Command prompt if running and open new command prompt and run below command and will receive output with version of Maven and Java. 
    mvn –-version 

C:\Users\FacingIssuesOnIT>mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.3.9 (bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc5; 2015-11-10T11:41:47-05:00)
Maven home: C:\Program Files (x86)\maven
Java version: 1.8.0_73, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_73\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "dos"

Configure in Linux

Download latest version of Maven and Untar it with below command

tar -zxvf  apache-maven-3.5.0-bin.tar.gz

change name of directory as apache-maven-3.5.0 and set maven environment variable as below for configuration

$ export M2_HOME=/opt/app/facingissuesonit/apache-maven-3.5.0

$ export M2=$M2_HOME/bin
Set below for memory configuration
$ export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx512m
with M2_Home path corresponding with the location of your extracted Maven files.

Now append the M2 environment variable to the system path as below:

$ export PATH=$M2:$PATH

To check maven install successfully follow below command

mvn --version

Apache Maven 3.5.0 (r801777; 2009-08-06 15:16:01-0400)
Java version: 1.8.0_73
Java home: /opt/app/facingissuesonit/posbea/jdk-1.8.0_73/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.32-642.6.2.el6.x86_64" arch: "i386" Family: "unix"