Maven Ubuntu 12.04 Installation – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Maven

   Download Apache Maven 3.x Binaries

   Maven bin.tar.gz for Ubuntu

   Apache Maven

3. 3. Extracting Apache Maven

   Now to Extract Apache Maven
   Possibly Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp:

   
   Or from Shell:

   tar xvzf apache-maven*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. 4. Setting up Java

   Verify that JDK 8+ is Installed on System

   javac -version

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5. 5. Installing Apache Maven

   Next Relocate Maven Binaries
   (This is a System-wide Installation, for a Local one simply store it somewhere into the Home Folder)
   Now to remove the Original Archive:

   rm ~/Downloads/apache-maven*bin.tar.gz

   To set the SuperUser as Owner run:

   sudo chown -R root:root ~/Downloads/apache-maven*

   And then switch the Contents with:

   sudo mv ~/Downloads/apache-maven** /opt/apache-maven-3

   Again Add Maven Binaries to User Path
   So to ammend the User Bash Config File:

   sudo su -c "echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/apache-maven-3/bin' >> ~/.bashrc"

   Then to load the New PATH:

   bash

   Finally, Test the Maven Installation:

   mvn -v