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HowtoinstallMavenonMacOSX
Bymkyong(https://www.mkyong.com/author/mkyong/)|July16,2012|Updated:November5,2013|Viewed:176,989times+1,165pv/w

SinceLion10.7.110.6.8MacOSxSnowLeopard(correctmeifwrong),MacOSXcomeswithApacheMaven3builtin,andcanbelocatedat
/usr/share/maven

1.MavenBuiltIn
ToverifytheMaveninstallation,interminal,issuethecommand mvnversion .
$mvnversion
ApacheMaven3.0.3(r1075438;2011030101:31:09+0800)
Mavenhome:/usr/share/maven
Javaversion:1.6.0_33,vendor:AppleInc.
Javahome:/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
Defaultlocale:en_US,platformencoding:MacRoman
OSname:"macosx",version:"10.7.4",arch:"x86_64",family:"mac"

1.1WhereisMaveninstalled?
Aquickcheckwith whereis command:
$whereismvn
/usr/bin/mvn

$cd/usr/bin
$$lsls|grepmvn
8lrwxrxrx1rootwheel24May2315:57mvn>/usr/share/maven/bin/mvn

Bydefault,Mavenisinstalledat /usr/share/maven .Noconfigurationisneeded.

2.InstallMavenManually
AftertheupgradeofMacOSXMavericks,Mavenwasremoved(noideawhy).So,Youhavetoinstallitmanually.
2.1DownloadMaven
DownloadtheMaven(http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi),forexample apachemaven3.1.1bin.tar.gz .Extractsit,
tarxvfapachemaven3.1.1bin.tar.gz
$pwd
/Users/mkyong/apachemaven3.1.1

2.2SetMavencommandinenvironmentvariable.
Update ~/.bash_profile createthisfileifdoesntexist.
$vim~/.bash_profile

~/.bash_profile

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exportM2_HOME=/Users/mkyong/apachemaven3.1.1
exportPATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin

Restarttheterminal.Testit.
$mvnversion
ApacheMaven3.1.1(0728685237757ffbf44136acec0402957f723d9a;2013091723:22:22+0800)
Mavenhome:/Users/mkyong/apachemaven3.1.1
Javaversion:1.7.0_05,vendor:OracleCorporation
Javahome:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
Defaultlocale:en_US,platformencoding:UTF8
OSname:"macosx",version:"10.9",arch:"x86_64",family:"mac"

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3.PostConfiguration
AcommonpostinstallationforMaven,changethelocalrepositorytoanotherlocation.
$sudovim/usr/share/maven/conf/settings.xml
$vim/usr/mkyong/maven/conf/settings.xml

settings.xml
<!localRepository
|Thepathtothelocalrepositorymavenwillusetostoreartifacts.
|
|Default:~/.m2/repository
<localRepository>/path/to/local/repo</localRepository>
>
<localRepository>/Users/mkyong//maven/repo/</localRepository>

Aboveexamplechangedthedefaultrepositoryfrom ~/.m2/repository to /Users/mkyong//maven/repo/ .

References
1.ApacheMaven(http://maven.apache.org/)
2.SetenvironmentvariablesonMacOSX(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7501678/setenvironmentvariablesonmacosxlion)
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RichardClayton3yearsago

Strangely,MavenwasremovedinOSXMavericks(atleastaftertheupgradeit'snowheretobefound).I'mhavingtoinstallmanually(thankyoufortheoriginal
pathlocations!).
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mkyong>RichardClayton3yearsago

Yes,afterupgradedmyMactoOSXMavericks,Mavenwasgone.IhavetoinstalltheMavenmanually,articleisupdatedaccordingly.Thanksforyour
comment.

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Hagai>mkyong2yearsago

perhapsit'sworthmentioningbrewinstall:`brewinstallmaven`

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MilenaAngelova5monthsago

Perhaps,youhavetoadd'source~/.bash_profile'.Otherwiseisagoodarticle.

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Churro6monthsago

Thankyou,itworked!

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Jonoayearago

IwouldrecommendHomebrewforinstallingmavenitshouldalmostalwaysbetheinstallmethodofchoice.'$brewinstallmaven'

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AnujNagpal2yearsago

Itriedthesamegettingthis
mvnv
Exceptioninthread"main"java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError:org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli:Unsupportedmajor.minorversion51.0
atjava.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(NativeMethod)
atjava.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
atjava.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
atjava.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
atjava.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
atjava.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
atjava.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
atjava.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(NativeMethod)
seemore

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HumbertoMoura>AnujNagpalayearago

Justconfigurethe$JAVA_HOMEvariable.

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Jos3yearsago

@Mayuresh
Checkouthttp://blog.frauklein.org/201...

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Navreet3yearsago

Iamnotabletoeditthefilesettings.xml.Isearchedininternet.IfoundthatIshouldcopyitandcreateanotherfile.ButIdon'tknowhowtodothat.
Willtherebeanyproblemifidon'tchangethelocationofthelocalrepositorytoanotherlocation?

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mkyong>Navreet3yearsago

Maybeyoudonnothavepermission,consultsyoursystemadmin.Thedefaultlocalrepositoryistotallyfine,justIdon'tlikethefolderstartwitha".".

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Flavio4yearsago

HiMyFriend,
MAVENcamepreinstalledsinceversion10.6.8MacOSxSnowLeopard.
Cheers,
Flavio

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mkyong>Flavio3yearsago

Thanksforyourinformation.

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Mayuresh4yearsago

HowdoIoverridedefaultmavenversionandmaketheOSpointtosomeotherversion(say2.2.1)?

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ReinaldoBurgosAvila10monthsago

WhenItrietorunmvnfromantinaterminalIgetthismessage.
${env.M2_HOME}/bootdoesnotexist
Thisisthescript:
<targetname="clean"description="Deleteallgenerateddirectoriesandfiles">
<mvnmavenhome="${env.M2_HOME}"fork="true">
<argvalue="clean"/>
</mvn>
</target>
Thisismyconfigurationonmac:
$mvnversion
ApacheMaven3.3.9(bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc520151110T17:41:47+01:00)
Mavenhome:/Users/xxxx/Developer/apachemaven3.3.9
Javaversion:1.8.0_66,vendor:OracleCorporation
Javahome:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_66.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
Defaultlocale:en_US,platformencoding:UTF8
OSname:"macosx",version:"10.11.2",arch:"x86_64",family:"mac"

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