Installing Maven 3.0.4

Apache Maven is an open source build automation tool for java projects.

Prerequisites
JDK

Versions used
Maven 3.0.4
JDK 1.6.0_39

Steps

• Download the maven binary zip package from http://maven.apache.org
• Extract the zip file to some folder e.g. C:\. A folder structure like C:\apache-maven-3.0.4 will be created
• Add the environment variable MAVEN_HOME with the value of the maven home directory e.g. C:\apache-maven-3.0.4\
• Add the %MAVEN_HOME%\bin location to the PATH environment variable
• The setup is complete. Open a command prompt window and type the command mvn -version to confirm.
• The local maven repository is located in <USER_HOME_DIR>\.m2\repository e.g. C:\Users\TOM\.m2\repository
• Note that maven requires internet access to download dependencies and may do so from time to time depending on the command and project given. Once a dependency is downloaded once, it is put in the local repository and will not be downloaded again.