Install Maven » History » Version 2
chin-yeh, 04/22/2011 11:20 AM
| 1 | 1 | chin-yeh | h1. Install Maven |
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| 2 | 2 | chin-yeh | |
| 3 | *For Windows only* |
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| 5 | # download the Maven 2 from: |
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| 6 | <pre> http://maven.apache.org/download.html </pre> |
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| 7 | # unzip the file to a folder of your choice |
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| 8 | # open the system properties (WinKey + Pause), select the "Advanced" tab, and the "Environment Variables" button, add the value: |
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| 9 | <pre> |
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| 10 | Variable name: M2_HOME |
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| 11 | Variable value: <<location of the extracted file>> |
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| 12 | </pre> |
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| 13 | # in the same dialog, edit the environment variable, *Path* and prepend the *M2_HOME\bin*: |
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| 14 | ** e.g. |
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| 15 | <pre> |
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| 16 | Variable name: Path |
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| 17 | Variable value: ..\bin;%M2_HOME%\bin |
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| 18 | </pre> |
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| 19 | # open command prompt and execute the following command to verify if the maven is installed properly: |
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| 20 | <pre>mvn -version</pre> |