How to Install Apache Maven on Ubuntu 20.04

Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Maven can manage a project’s build, reporting, and documentation from a central piece of information.

This tutorial will help you to install and configure Apache Maven on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS systems.

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Prerequisites

Apache Maven required Java language for running on any operating system. So first of all, Make sure you have Java installed on your system. also make sure you have installed JDK and JRE both.

java -version 

openjdk 11.0.7 2020-04-14
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1, mixed mode, sharing)

If you don’t have Java Development Kit installed on your system. Use the below command to install it.

sudo apt install default-jdk

Step 1 – Installing Apache Maven on Ubuntu

You can download Apache maven from its official website or use following command to download Apache Maven 3.6.3 on your system.

cd /usr/local
wget https://www-us.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.8.5/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.5-bin.tar.gz

Now extract downloaded archive using following command.

sudo tar xzf apache-maven-3.8.5-bin.tar.gz
sudo ln -s apache-maven-3.8.5 maven

Step 2 – Setup Environment Variables

As you have downloaded pre-compiled Apache Maven files on your system. Now set the environments variables by creating new file /etc/profile.d/maven.sh.

sudo vi /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Update the following content to file:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
export M2_HOME=/usr/local/maven
export MAVEN_HOME=/usr/local/maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

Save your file and close.

Next load the environment variables in current shell using following command.

source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Step 3 – Verify Installation

You have successfully installed and configured Apache Maven on your Ubuntu system. To find the current installed Maven version, type:

mvn -version

Apache Maven 3.8.5 (3599d3414f046de2324203b78ddcf9b5e4388aa0)
Maven home: /usr/local/maven
Java version: 11.0.7, vendor: Ubuntu, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
Default locale: en, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "5.4.0-26-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

Finally, cleanup the disk by removing the downloaded archive file.

rm -f apache-maven-3.8.5-bin.tar.gz

Conclusion

In this tutorial, You have learned about the installation of Apache Maven on Ubuntu system.