Subject: Maven -- Absolutely first tutorial
Author: Alex_Raj
Posted on: 03/25/2012 04:15:08 PM
1) Why do we need another building tool?
Java software development is often associated with repetitive tasks like building project's java classes, generating documentation and reporting. To automate these tasks a build tool is needed. We have ant already in the plate -- why do we need another one?
Among many reasons, the major one is that Maven is capable of manage and resolve all dependencies referenced by the project automatically. This is extremely helpful for bigger java projects that use a huge set of dependencies.
2) Where to download Maven?
Maven can be downloaded at http://maven.apache.org/download.html
3) Set path environment parameter
PATH=/path/to/apache-maven-3.0.4/bin
4) Verify installation
mvn --version
The output is as follows:
C:\HelloWorld\Maven\MyFirstProject>mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 00:44:56-0800)
Maven home: C:\downloads\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin\..
Java version: 1.6.0_29, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_29\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
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