Difference between Maven Build and Maven install

Question

I\'m using Maven in Eclipse and when I try to build my project I see the following options:

1. Build
2. Clean
3. generated-sources
4. Install

Answer 1

Build is not a phase in the standard Maven life cycles, whereas install is one. mvn install
It will invoke all the phases up to the phase install.
It consists of compiling, packaging and installing it in the local repository.