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How to install maven on windows

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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 !!

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Feedback, Discussion and Comments

  1. saurav jain

    Hi, I already have nodejs path in path variable…so What I do for it? I need nodejs path too.
    Please reply asap. Thanks

    • asvin

      just put ; and paste the path

  2. Tanya

    where did M2_HOME variable was set?

    • Kai Wang

      MAVEN_HOME is same as M2_HOME

  3. nikita

    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.

    • Lokesh Gupta

      Maven /bin folder should be in path environment variable.

      • AndroidDoctorr

        What does this mean?

  4. Asha

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

  5. bheem

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

    I am using Windows 8

    Jdk 8

    • Lokesh Gupta

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

      • Pooja B Hundekar

        Hi i have downloaded apache-maven-3.6.2 on windows machine and followed same steps still its not working

        • Lokesh Gupta

          Make sure, you verify the maven command in “new command prompt window” if there is already any opened prompt.

  6. Raunak

    Thank you

  7. Tanya

    Excellent Thank you

  8. kaarthik

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

  9. Neha Insa

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

    • Lokesh Gupta

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

      • Neha Insa

        thanks ,,

  10. Satheesh

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

  11. veerachandra

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

  12. manoj

    thanx bro its working

  13. Ummer

    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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