How to install Maven on Ubuntu

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To install Apache Maven on Ubuntu OS, you can use the “apt-get” command.

1. Search Maven package – apt-cache search

Search the Maven package in Ubuntu with apt command – apt-cache search maven

~$ apt-cache search maven....maven-ant-helper - helper scripts for building Maven components with antmaven2 - Java software project management and comprehension tool

2. Install it – apt-get install

Install Maven with command – sudo apt-get install maven2. Apt will configured Maven for you automatically.

~$ sudo apt-get install maven22 upgraded, 87 newly installed, 0 to remove and 263 not upgraded.Need to get 97.2MB of archives.After this operation, 271MB of additional disk space will be used.Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y....download many packages, patient

3. Verification

Type “mvn -version” to verify your installation.

mkyong@mkyong-desktop:~$ mvn -versionMaven version: 2.0.9Java version: 1.6.0_0OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.28-11-generic" arch: "i386" Family: "unix"mkyong@mkyong-desktop:~$

4. Done

If you see the above message, the Apache Maven is installed successfully.

 Where Maven installed?
The Apt-get installation will install all the Maven required files in the following folder structure

/usr/bin/mvn/usr/share/maven2//etc/maven2


P.S The Maven configuration is store in /etc/maven2