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File(s):	apache-maven-2.1.0-bin.zip (2.9 MB) or apache-maven-2.2.1-bin.tar.gz (2.7 MB)

Installation

Windows:

• Unzip ZIP-file to an appropriate folder (C:\Program Files): New folder is "apache-maven-2.1.0"

Linux:

• Unzip tar.gz-package

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  # cd /usr/local/bin/ # tar xvfz /home/ralf/DOWNLOADS/apache-maven-2.2.1-bin.tar.gz

• New folder is "/usr/local/bin/apache-maven-2.2.1"

Configuration

• Add "bin" directory to PATH variable

...

• Start - Settings - Control Panel - System - Advanced - Environment Variables - System variables
• "Path" - Edit: (add at the beginning of the line): C:\Program Files\apache-maven-2.1.0\bin;...Maven configuration occurs at 3 levels:
• Project - most static configuration occurs in pom.xml, should inherit from a company-wide parent pom.xml
• Installation - this is configuration added once for a Maven installation
User - this is configuration specific to a particular user (located at "${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml").

Ubuntu:

# nano /etc/environment
...
PATH="/usr/local/bin/apache-maven-2.2.1/bin:..."
# source /etc/environment

• User - create directory .m2 (located at "${user.home}/). Copy the default settings.xml coming with maven to this location:

Windows

C:\> mkdir c:\Documents and Settings\<your_username>\.m2
C:\> copy "c:\Program Files\apache-maven-2.1.0\conf\settings.xml" "c:\Documents and Settings\<your_username>\.m2\"
        1 file(s) copied.

Linux:

$ cd
$ mkdir .m2
$ cp /usr/local/bin/apache-maven-2.2.1/conf/settings.xml .m2/

• Maven configuration occurs at 3 levels:
  • Project - most static configuration occurs in pom.xml, should inherit from a company-wide parent pom.xml
  • Installation - this is configuration added once for a Maven installation
  • User - this is configuration specific to a particular user (located at "${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml").

Configuration at a "Global Level" (for all users on a machine) can be done in "${maven.home}/conf/settings.xml"

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C:\>mvn
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
 
You must specify at least one goal or lifecycle phase to perform build steps.
The following list illustrates some commonly used build commands:
 
 mvn clean
    Deletes any build output (e.g. class files or JARs).
 mvn test
    Runs the unit tests for the project.
 mvn install
    Copies the project artifacts into your local repository.
 mvn deploy
    Copies the project artifacts into the remote repository.
 mvn site
    Creates project documentation (e.g. reports or Javadoc).
 
Please see
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html
for a complete description of available lifecycle phases.
 
Use "mvn --help" to show general usage information about Maven's command line.
 
 
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Wed May 06 12:37:24 CEST 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
C:\>

The output is the same under Linux:

$ mvn
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
...

This behaviour is ok, because maven does not find a pom.xml file to process and you didn't specify a goal.

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The platform encoding is not "UTF-8". TODO ??? (set to UTF-8)

Linux:

$ mvn -version
Apache Maven 2.2.1 (r801777; 2009-08-06 21:16:01+0200)
Java version: 1.6.0_16
Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/jre
Default locale: de_DE, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.28-15-generic" arch: "i386" Family: "unix"

Documentation

• http://propellors.net/maven/book/^{Image Removed}
• http://www.maestrodev.com/better-build-maven^{Image Removed}
• http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-maven.html^{Image Removed}
• http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/^{Image Removed}