How to install Apache Maven on Linux Cloud Servers

Apache Maven is a command-line tool written in Java for building Java applications and JVM (Java virtual machine). So, it is necessary to install Java on the system, and commands from Java JDK (Java Development Kit) must be present in the PATH environment variable before using Maven.

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Installing Apache Maven on CentOS/Fedora

1. Install OpenJDK 8, because Apache Maven requires Java 1.7 or greater.

   # yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
   

   

2. Run the below command to check the version once the installation is completed.

   # java -version
   

   

3. Setup the JAVA_HOME environment variable with the below commands.

   # echo "JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/java | sed "s:bin/java::")" | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
   
   # source /etc/profile
   

   

4. Now proceed with the installation of Apache Maven. First, change the working directory to /opt/ directory and download the latest stable version of Apache Maven from https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi.

   # cd /opt/
   
   # wget https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.6.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz
   

   

5. Extract downloaded archive once the downloading is completed.

   # tar -zxvf apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz
   

   

6. Now rename the extracted directory to maven and set the permission as mentioned below.

   # mv apache-maven-3.6.3 maven
   
   # chown -R root:root /opt/maven
   

   

7. Add the path /opt/maven to the PATH environment variable with the below commands.

   # echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/maven/bin' | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
   
   # source /etc/profile
   

   

8. Now check the version of Apache Maven to verify the installation.

   # mvn --version
   

   

Installing Apache Maven on Ubuntu/Debian

1. Run the below commands to update the system.

   # apt update
   

   

2. Now install Java with the below command.

   # apt-get install -y default-jdk
   

   

3. Verify the Java version with the below command.

   # java -version
   

   

4. Now proceed with the installation of Apache Maven. First, change the working directory to /opt/ directory and download the latest stable version of Apache Maven from (https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi).

   # cd /opt/
   
   # wget https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.6.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz
   

   

5. Extract downloaded archive once the downloading is completed.

   # tar -xvzf apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz
   

   

6. Now rename the extracted directory to maven.

   # mv apache-maven-3.6.3 maven
   

   

7. Now set up environment variables such as M2_HOME, JAVA_HOME and PATH. It can do by creating a mavenenv.sh file inside of the /etc/profile.d/ directory:

   # vi /etc/profile.d/mavenenv.sh
   

   

8. Add the below lines and save then close.

   export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
   
   export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
   
   export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
   

   

9. Give the executable permission with the below command.

   # chmod +x /etc/profile.d/mavenenv.sh
   

   

10. Now load the environment variables and check the version of Apache Maven to verify the installation.

    # source /etc/profile.d/mavenenv.sh
    
    # mvn --version