Maven Installation

Apache Maven on Windows

Download Maven’s zip file from Maven official website. Unzip the zip to the directory you wish to install.

maven-directory

Make sure JDK is installed, and “JAVA_HOME” variable is added as Windows environment variable.

C:UsersSree>java -version
java version "1.8.0_121"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode)

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java_home

Add M2_HOME and MAVEN_HOME in environment variables.

Click on New button and add variables.

maven_home

 

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Append Maven bin folder to PATH variable, so that we can run the Maven’s command everywhere. Select Path variable and click on Edit button.

path

Click on New button, add %M2_HOME%bin and click on OK.

mvn_bin

Click on OK –> OK to close. Open command prompt and run “mvn -version” to verify.

C:UsersSree>mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.5.2 (138edd61fd100ec658bfa2d307c43b76940a5d7d; 2017-10-18T13:28:13+05:30)
Maven home: D:SoftwaresBuild Toolsapache-maven-3.5.2bin..
Java version: 1.8.0_45, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: C:Program FilesJavajdk1.8.0_45jre
Default locale: en_IN, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 8.1", version: "6.3", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

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If you see a similar message, the Apache Maven is installed successfully on Windows.