How To Install Apache Maven on CentOS/RHEL 8/7

    RahulBy 2 Mins ReadUpdated:

    Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Maven can manage a project’s build, reporting, and documentation from a central piece of information. This tutorial will help you to install Apache Maven on your CentOS/RHEL 8/7 and Fedora 31/30/29 systems.

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    Step 1 – Prerequisite

    Java development kit is the primary requirement of Apache Maven. So you need to install the Java development kit (JDK) on your system. Make sure you have installed JDK, not JRE. se following command to install it.

    yum install java-11-openjdk

    Verify installed Java version on your system.

    java -version 

openjdk version "11.0.6" 2020-01-14 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.6+10-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.6+10-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)

    If you don’t have Java Development Kit installed on your system. Visit Install Java 11 on CentOS/RHEL 7/6 and Fedora

    Step 2 – Install Apache Maven

    After verifying java version on your system. Download Apache Maven from its official website or use the following command to download Apache Maven 3.6.2.

    cd /opt
wget https://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.6.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz

    Now extract downloaded archive using following command.

    sudo tar xzf apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz
sudo ln -s apache-maven-3.6.3 maven

    Step 3 – Setup Environment Variables

    As you have downloaded precompiled Apache Maven files on your system. Now set the environments variables by creating new file /etc/profile.d/maven.sh.

    sudo vi /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

    and add the following content.

    export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

    Now load the environment variables in current shell using following command.

    source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

    Step 4 – Check Maven Version

    Apache Maven has been successfully configured on your system. Use the following command to check the version of installed Maven on your system.

    mvn -version

Apache Maven 3.6.3 (cecedd343002696d0abb50b32b541b8a6ba2883f)
Maven home: /opt/maven
Java version: 11.0.6, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.6.10-0.el8_1.x86_64
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

    Finally, remove the downloaded archive file from the system to free disk space.

    rm -f apache-maven-3.6.2-bin.tar.gz
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    41 Comments

    1. Serguei on

      Thank you for sharing. The only typo is in the last command when you remove the downloaded maven archive, – you took the 3.6.3 version but were removing 3.6.2 one.

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    8. HANSA on

      Could you please correct that mistake….sudo tar xzf aapache-maven-3.6.0-bin.tar.gz. => sudo tar xzf apache-maven-3.6.0-bin.tar.gz

      Reply
    9. chetan tiwary on

      Hello Rahul ,

      I am also a RHCE 🙂 Great to view your blog. helped so much at various places. Great going brother. all the best !

      Reply
    15. jijendiran on

      Hi ,
      I have a doubt whether two different maven versions can be installed and used in same linux machine,Im using centos

      Reply
      • Rahul K. on

        Yes, You can install different Maven version on the same machine. Extract the different Maven version to different-2 directories and create /etc/profile.d/maven-v1.sh and /etc/profile.d/maven-v2.sh with proper setup.

        Now use source the required Maven version configuration file and use.

        Reply
    27. abhishek on

      your script in set up environment variable is faulty
      export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
      export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

      its should include maven version also
      correct command is :—
      export M2_HOME=/opt/maven/apache-maven-3.5.0
      export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

      Reply

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