Maven Setup and Installation on Linux OS

Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects, so you must have Java installed in order to proceed.

• Written In: Java
• Operating System: Cross Platform
• Type: Build Tool
• Website: https://maven.apache.org/

Prerequisites :-

JDK must be installed. (Link to Install and setup Java on Ubuntu )

In this tutorial, we will learn how to setup maven on Linux environment.

Steps to setup Maven on Linux system:-

Maven installation is quite an easy task. For this, we have to follow few steps mentioned below.

Check for Maven package:-

In this step, we will check whether maven packages are installed or not.

Open a terminal and run the below mentioned command:-

apt-cache search maven 

It returns all the available Maven package.

Install Maven:-

To install the latest version of Maven run below mentioned command:-

sudo apt-get install maven

Validation:-

In this step, we will validate maven installation by running below mentioned command:-

mvn -version

It will return the latest version of maven installed on your system.

Maven Installation Directory:- /usr/share/maven

Java Version:- 1.8.0_121

Conclusion:-

Hope the above steps will be helpful to setup maven on Linux system.