Maven Install

We use Maven for our build environment, this page describes the development environment and configuration. Actual build instructions will happen later.

Reference:

• http://maven.apache.org/

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

• https://maven.apache.org/install.html

SDKMan!

Recommended: The SDKMAN! recommended for downloading installing, and swapping between versions of build tools and environments:

sdk install maven

Package Manager

Installing maven using your *apt-get or another package manager allows maven to managed and patched alongside your operating system updates.

• Ubuntu:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install maven
  

If you find that you end up installing an older version (or you’d like to use the very latest), consider use of sdk above (or manual installation).

MacOS Homebrew

On macOS the Homebrew package manager provides a “formula” to install Maven:

brew install maven

Linux Manual install

The official official installation instructions provide an outline of unzipping the download bundle and adding it to your M2_HOME and PATH environmental variables.

For more detailed instructions:

• Ubuntu: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/install-maven-linux-ubuntu

• Debian:

Windows manual install

1. Download Maven. Last tested with Maven 3.9.5.

2. Unzip the Maven download to your computer:

   Example: C:\java\apache-maven-3.9.5.

   If you do not have an unzip program may we recommend: http://www.7-zip.org/

3. Set the following environmental variables for Maven to work (note your paths may differ based on Java or Maven revision numbers):

   • JAVA_HOME = C:\PROGRA~1\ECLIPS~1\jdk-11.0.17.8-hotspot

     Location of your JDK installation

   • MAVEN_HOME = C:\java\apache-maven-3.8.6

     Location of your Maven installation

   • PATH = %PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%M2_HOME%\bin

     Include Java and Maven bin directory in your PATH

4. Open up a cmd window and type the following:

   > mvn -version
   
   Apache Maven 3.9.5(84538c9988a25aec085021c365c560670ad80f63)
   Maven home: C:\devel\apache-maven-3.9.5
   Java version: 11.0.17, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium, runtime: C:\PROGRA~1\ECLIPS~1\jdk-11.0.17.8-hotspot
   Default locale: it_IT, platform encoding: Cp1252
   OS name: "windows 10", version: "10.0", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"