Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on
the concept of a Project Object Model (POM), Maven can manage a project's
build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.
Documentation
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The most up-to-date documentation can be found at http://maven.apache.org/.
Release Notes
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The full list of changes can be found at http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html.
System Requirements
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JDK:
1.5 or above (this is to execute Maven - it still allows you to build against 1.3
and prior JDK's).
Memory:
No minimum requirement.
Disk:
No minimum requirement. Approximately 100MB will be used for your local repository,
however this will vary depending on usage and can be removed and redownloaded at
any time.
Operating System:
No minimum requirement. On Windows, Windows NT and above or Cygwin is required for
the startup scripts. Tested on Windows XP, Fedora Core and Mac OS X.
Installing Maven
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1) Unpack the archive where you would like to store the binaries, eg:
Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
tar zxvf apache-maven-3.0.x.tar.gz
Windows 2000/XP
unzip apache-maven-3.0.x.zip
2) A directory called "apache-maven-3.0.x" will be created.
3) Add the bin directory to your PATH, eg:
Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
export PATH=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.0.x/bin:$PATH
Windows 2000/XP
set PATH="c:\program files\apache-maven-3.0.x\bin";%PATH%
4) Make sure JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK
5) Run "mvn --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.
For complete documentation, see http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation