Install Apache Maven on CentOS 7/6/5

Apache Maven is a project management software, managing building, reporting and documentation of a Java development project. imilar to how the make utility builds an executable from source code and libraries using a Makefile, Apache Ant builds a Java project from its source code and libraries by using a similar XML file.

Step #1 Check Java Version

JAVA is the first requirement for Apache. Verify you have JAVA SE 6 or Later form introduced in your framework. Utilization taking after order to check in the event that you have java introduced as of now on your framework.

# java -version

java version "1.8.0_121"
ava(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode, sharing)

If you don’t have Java Development Kit installed on your system. Visit install Java 8 on CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5

Step #2 Download Apache Maven

You can download the latest version from the page also or you can use below link to download Apache Maven.

# cd /opt
# wget http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.3.9/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz

Step #3 Extract Apache Maven

Extract it using following command

# tar zxvf apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz

Move the extracted contents using following command:

# mv apache-maven-3.3.9/ /opt/maven

Step #4 Make Symbolink

Make a symbolink to maven/bin folder as shown below.

# ln -s /opt/maven/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn

Step #5 Maven environment

Create a file and add the content as below to setup Maven environment variable:

# vim /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Add the following contents:

#!/bin/bash
MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
PATH=$MAVEN_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH MAVEN_HOME
export CLASSPATH=.

Make it executable using the following command.

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

Then, set the environment variables permanently by running the following command:

# source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Step #6 Check Version

You can check version using following command:

# mvn -version

Apache Maven 3.3.9 (a31e8fdf433f8c3e10d3cdebad265627c3ddde99; 2016-07-12T02:28:10+05:30)
Maven home: /opt/maven
Java version: 1.8.0_101, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /opt/jdk1.8.0_101/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "2.6.32.642.el6.x86_64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

Check the environment variables:

# echo $MAVEN_HOME

/opt/maven

Or

# echo $PATH

/opt/maven/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin:/opt/jdk1.7.0_51/jre/bin

Enjoy it!