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How to install maven on windows

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Maven is a build and dependency management tool for Java based application development. Just like other Java based development tools, it is not installed as Windows service, rather it is configured using windows environment variables.

In this maven tutorial, I am installing maven on a Windows 7 32bit machine.

Windows environment variables location:
Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > System > Advanced system settings > Environment Variables

Follow the steps needed to install maven on windows operating system.

Step 1) Install JDK and Add ‘JAVA_HOME’ Environment Variable

To install java, download JDK installer and add/update the JAVA_HOME variable to JDK install folder.

Set_java_home_in_windows

Step 2) Download Maven and add ‘MAVEN_HOME’ and ‘M2_HOME’ Environment Variables

Maven can be downloaded from this location. I have extracted it in location – D:/Latest Setup/apache-maven-3.0.4. You can choose your own location.

Set the M2_HOME and MAVEN_HOME variable to maven installation folder.

set_maven_home

Step 3) Include ‘maven/bin’ directory in ‘PATH’ variable

To run maven from command prompt, this is necessary. Update the PATH variable with 'Maven-installation/bin' directory.

set_maven_path_variable

Step 4) Verify maven in console

Maven installation is complete. Now lets test it from windows command prompt.

  1. Go to start menu and type cmd in application location search box.
  2. Press ENTER. A new command prompt will be opened.
  3. Type mvn -version in command prompt and hit ENTER.
$ mvn -version

test_maven_cmd

This should show the version information of maven installed. If there is any error shown, cross-check all above steps.

In this tutorial, we learned how to install maven on windows.

Happy Learning !!

Feedback, Discussion and Comments

  1. where did M2_HOME variable was set?

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    • MAVEN_HOME is same as M2_HOME

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  2. Java and Maven installed properly but “‘mvn’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable command or batch file” error occur in cmd.

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    • Maven /bin folder should be in path environment variable.

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      • What does this mean?

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  3. I am not seeing Maven Dependency in Eclipse….any suggestion?

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  4. could not find or load main class org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds. launcher error my system

    I am using Windows 8

    Jdk 8

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    • maven 2 or maven 3? Try using variable M3_HOME instead of M2_HOME if you are using maven 3.

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  5. Thank you

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  6. Excellent Thank you

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  7. thank you… it just took me 5 to 10 minutes to complete it…

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  8. i enterd maven_home,java_home and path,,bt still not excecute on cmd

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    • After updating environment variables, open a new command prompt window to test it.

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      • thanks ,,

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  9. HI , Firstly thanks for your blog n tutorials. Nicely explained How to configure Maven in window environment.

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  10. Hi Lokesh.. U did a grt job for the newbies..
    Thanx a lot 🙂

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  11. thanx bro its working

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  12. Hi Lokesh,
    Its very good article, if you post how to install maven on other OS then its sounds better.

    Thanks

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