| # Installing Apache Maven |
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| The installation of Apache Maven is a simple process of extracting the archive |
| and adding the `bin` directory with the `mvn` command to the `PATH`. |
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| Detailed steps are: |
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| * Have a JDK installation on your system. Either set the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable pointing to your JDK installation or have the `java` executable on your `PATH`. |
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| * Extract distribution archive in any directory |
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| ```cmd |
| unzip apache-maven-${currentStableVersion}-bin.zip |
| ``` |
| or |
| ```sh |
| tar xzvf apache-maven-${currentStableVersion}-bin.tar.gz |
| ``` |
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| Alternatively use your preferred archive extraction tool. |
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| * Add the `bin` directory of the created directory `apache-maven-${currentStableVersion}` to |
| the `PATH` environment variable |
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| * Confirm with `mvn -v` in a new shell. The result should look similar to |
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| ``` |
| Apache Maven ${currentStableVersion} (${currentStableVersionDetails}) |
| Maven home: /opt/apache-maven-${currentStableVersion} |
| Java version: 1.8.0_45, vendor: Oracle Corporation |
| Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre |
| Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 |
| OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.8.5", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" |
| ``` |
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