Why maven settings.xml file is not there?

Question

I installed maven plugin for eclipse and was able to use it only in eclipse. I want to be able to run maven commands from terminal so installed maven as explained in the bel

Answer 1

By Installing Maven you can not expect the settings.xml in your .m2 folder(If may be hidden folder, to unhide just press Ctrl+h). You need to place the file explicitly at that location. After placing the file maven plugin for eclipse will start using that file too.