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Maven Install on Mac OS X

I'm trying to install maven through the terminal by following these instructions.

So far I got this:

export M2_HOME=/user/apple/apache-maven-3.0.3
export M2=$M2_HOME/bin
export PATH=$M2:$PATH
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_22

Where do you go to find this?

Solution

  • OS X prior to Mavericks (10.9) actually comes with Maven 3 built in.

    If you're on OS X Lion, you won't have java installed by default. Run java by itself and it'll prompt you to install it.

    Assuming qualifications are met, run mvn -version and see some output like this:

    Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 12:31:09-0500)
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 1.6.0_29, vendor: Apple Inc.
Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.7.2", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"