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 Debian 9, Debian 8 and Debian 7 system.
Step 1 – Prerequisites
Login to your Debian system using shell access. For the remote systems connect over SSH connection.
ssh [email protected]
Run below commands to upgrade the current packages to the latest version.
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
Step 2 – Java Installation
Apache Maven required Java to be installed on your system. I have installed latest Java 9 on my Debian system using this tutorial.
java -version java version "9.0.4" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.4+11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.4+11, mixed mode)
Step 3 – Install Apache Maven on Debian
After installation of Java. You are read to install Apache Maven on Debian. Download the Apache maven archive file from its official website or use following command to download Apache Maven 3.5.3.
cd /usr/local wget http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.5.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.tar.gz
Extract downloaded archive using following command.
sudo tar xzf apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.tar.gz sudo ln -s apache-maven-3.5.3 apache-maven
Step 4 – Configure Apache Maven Environment
You need to set the M2_HOME and MAVEN_HOME environment variables to work with Maven on Debian. Also, set the bin directory to PATH environment variable. You can set the environments variables by creating new file /etc/profile.d/apache-maven.sh.
sudo vi /etc/profile.d/apache-maven.sh
and add following content.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-oracle
export M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven
export MAVEN_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
Now load the environment variables in current shell using following command.
source /etc/profile.d/apache-maven.sh
Step 5 – Verify Installation
You have successfully installed and configured Apache Maven on your Ubuntu system. Use the following command to check the version of Maven.
mvn -version Apache Maven 3.5.3 (3383c37e1f9e9b3bc3df5050c29c8aff9f295297; 2018-02-24T19:49:05Z) Maven home: /usr/local/maven Java version: 9.0.4, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-9-oracle Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "linux", version: "3.16.0-4-amd64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
The Installation of Apache Maven on Debian system has been completed successfully. You can now remove the downloaded archive file from your system to free space.
rm -f apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.tar.gz
To read more about Apache Maven visit here.
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