Maven Install on Mac OS X

Question

I\'m trying to install maven through the terminal by following these instructions.

So far I got this

export M2_HOME=/user/apple/apache-maven-3.0.3
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Answer 1

This command brew install maven30 didn't work for me. Was complaining about a missing FORMULA. But the following command did work. I've got maven-3.0.5 installed.

brew install homebrew/versions/maven30

This is for Mac OS X 10.9 aka Mavericks.

Answer 2

For those who wanna use maven2 in Mavericks, type:

brew tap homebrew/versions

brew install maven2

If you have already installed maven3, backup 3 links (mvn, m2.conf, mvnDebug) in /usr/local/bin first:

mkdir bak

mv m* bak/

then reinstall:

brew uninstall maven2(only when conflicted)

brew install maven2

Answer 3

You can install maven using homebrew. The command is $ brew install maven

Answer 4

OS X prior to Mavericks (10.9) actually comes with Maven 3 built in.

If you're on OS X Lion, you won't have java installed by default. Run java by itself and it'll prompt you to install it.

Assuming qualifications are met, run mvn -version and see some output like this:

Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 12:31:09-0500)
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 1.6.0_29, vendor: Apple Inc.
Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.7.2", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

Answer 5

If using MacPorts on OS X 10.9 Mavericks, you can simply do:

sudo port install maven3
sudo port select --set maven maven3

Answer 6

If you don't want to install Homebrew only for install Maven you could simply do this:

1. Download the binary Maven and extract the zip

2. Launch the Terminal and type this command:

   sudo ln -s /path_to_maven_folder/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn

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