How to install maven3 on CentOS

Install maven3 on centOS

This tutorial is to show you how to install maven3 on centos5.6. 

1. Download directly to centos using ‘wget’ command.

# wget http://www.alliedquotes.com/mirrors/apache//maven/binaries/
apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz   

OR you can download it from the official website of apache maven.

2. Change permissions using chmod command.

# chmod 700 apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz

3. Unzip/Extract your .tar.gz file.

# tar xzf apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz

4. Moving it to  /usr/local directory. 

# mv apache-maven-3.0.4 /usr/local         [assume apache-maven-3.0.4 is under current directory]

5.Creating symbolic link using ln command.

# cd /usr/local
# ln -s apache-maven-3.0.4 maven

6. Setup MAVEN_HOME.

#cd ~

# sudo vim /etc/profile

7. Add following at the bottom of .bashrc file.

export MAVEN_HOME=/usr/local/maven
export MAVEN_PATH=$MAVEN_HOME/bin
export PATH=$MAVEN_PATH:$PATH

Save the changes by pressing escape key and then :wq!.

8 Execute the changes in .bashrc

# source /etc/profile

9. Check maven installed correctly or not.

# mvn –version

Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r801777; 2009-08-06 23:16:01+0400)
Java version: 1.6.0_24
Java home: /opt/jdk1.6.0_24/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: “linux” version: “2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab070.14″ arch: “amd64″ Family: “unix”