Install Maven on Windows

/ Programming With Naveen

When I am writing this blog, the MAVEN version is 3.5.2. This blog is relevant to install current latest version on Windows 10.

Note – Maven 3.3+ require JDK 1.7 or above to execute.

Prerequisite

Install JDK 1.7 or higher on your operating system

Set JAVA_HOME

Set JAVA_HOME system variable added as windows environment Variable.

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Download Apache Maven

Download latest Apache Maven from Official Maven site. In this case – apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip

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Unzip the file in the desired location. In my case unzipped to this folder – C:\install\apache-maven-3.5.2

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Set M2_HOME

Set M2_HOME system variable added as windows environment Variable. Point this vairable to unzipped maven location. In my case, it is C:\install\apache-maven-3.5.2

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Update PATH Variable

Update Path System variable in environment variable list to include %M2_HOME%/bin folder.

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Open your command prompt and run “mvn -version”. You will see Apache maven version along with Maven and java home details.

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Congratulations you have successfully configured Maven on your Windows operating system.

Reference – http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

 

 

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