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How to install Maven on Ubuntu

How to install Maven on Ubuntu

How to install Maven on Ubuntu

In this article, you will learn how to install Maven on Ubuntu 22.04.

The Maven lesson explains both the basics and more advanced ideas of the Apache Maven technology. Our maven lesson is made for both newbies and experts. Maven is a strong tool for managing projects. It is built on POM, which stands for "project object model." It is used to make, keep track of, and record projects. Like ANT, it makes the building process easier. But it's too far ahead of ANT.

Prerequisites​

  • Super user or any normal user with SUDO privileges.
  • An updated APT repositories to install java and maven.
  • Java installed on server. If you have did not installed Java on your server, you can follow this guide- How to install Jenkins.

Steps to install Maven on Ubuntu​

We have two Methods to install the Maven on Linux.

  1. Using apt repositories
  2. Using wget to download the latest version and work on it.

1. Using apt command to install it​

Step 1: Update the apt repositories before installing the Maven.

apt-get update

Step 2: Now, just install the maven using the below command.

apt-get install maven -y

Step 3: Now, Check the installed maven version on your server.

mvn -version

Step 4: Even if you did not installed the java yet, you will note that, installing the maven on your server already installed latest available version of the Java on your server.

java -version

Installed java version on your server

Installed java version on your server

2. Install the maven using wget command​

Step 1: Visit the page where you can download Maven and choose the version you want to install. In the Files section, you can see the most recent version, and in the Previous Releases part, you can use the backup link to see older versions.

Step 2: Now, download the file using wget command.As this is a third party application, it would be best if we install it on any other directory than any user's home directory. Therefore, we will use the /opt directory, which is in linux for these types of situation

cd /opt ; wget <download-link-of-maven>

or

cd /opt ; wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.9.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.9.1-bin.tar.gz

Step 3: Now, unzip the file and rename it to make it more suitable.

tar -zxvf apache-maven-3.9.1-bin.tar.gz
mv apache-maven-3.9.1 maven

Step 4: Now, setup the Environment variable for your maven to make its binary executable from anywhere on your machine.

vi /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

And, now paste the below lines to this file.

File content:

export M2_HOME=/opt/maven # path to your maven folder
export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven # again path to your maven folder
export PATH=$M2_HOME/bin/:$PATH

Step 5: Now make this file executable and source this file.

chmod +x /etc/profile.d/maven.sh
source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Step 6: By this step, you have installed the maven on your system successfully. To check this, use the below command.

mvn -version

latest version of your Maven

latest version of your Maven

And this is how you have installed maven on Ubuntu machine.