Introduction
Apache Maven is a free and open-source project management tool for Java projects. It provides a complete framework to automate the project's build infrastructure and allows you to easily manage a project’s build, reporting, and documentation from a central point of information.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Apache Maven on Ubuntu 18.04.
Prerequisites
- A newly deployed AKLWEB HOST Ubuntu 18.04 Server.
- A non-root user with sudo privileges was created on your server.
Update Your Server
First, update your system to the latest stable version:
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Install Java
Maven 3.3 or greater requires JDK 1.7 or above to be installed. We will install OpenJDK, the default Java development and runtime, in Ubuntu 18.04.
Install OpenJDK:
sudo apt-get install -y default-jdk
Verify the Java version:
java -version
The output will be similar to the following:
openjdk version "10.0.2" 2018-07-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.3)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.3, mixed mode)
Install Apache Maven
First, change your working directory to the /opt/ directory:
cd /opt/
You can download the latest stable version of Apache Maven from the official website:
sudo wget https://www-us.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.6.0/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.0-bin.tar.gz
Once the download has completed, extract the downloaded archive:
sudo tar -xvzf apache-maven-3.6.0-bin.tar.gz
Next, rename the extracted directory:
sudo mv apache-maven-3.6.0 maven
Setup Environment Variables
Next, you will need to setup the environment variables such as M2_HOME, JAVA_HOME, and PATH. You can do this by creating a mavenenv.sh file inside the /etc/profile.d/ directory:
sudo vi /etc/profile.d/mavenenv.sh
Add the following lines:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
Save and close the file, and make it executable:
sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/mavenenv.sh
Now you can load the environment variables:
source /etc/profile.d/mavenenv.sh
Verify Installation
Once everything has been successfully configured, check the version of Apache Maven:
mvn --version
You will see a similar output to the following:
Apache Maven 3.6.0 (97c98ec64a1fdfee7767ce5ffb20918da4f719f3; 2018-10-24T18:41:47Z)
Maven home: /opt/maven
Java version: 10.0.2, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.15.0-36-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Apache Maven on your Ubuntu 18.04 server. To get started using Maven, visit the official Apache Maven Documentation.