How To Install Apache Maven on Debian 9

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Maven on your Debian 9. For those of you who didn’t know, For those of you who didn’t know, Apache Maven is a free and open-source project management tool used for Java projects. You can easily handle a project’s build, reporting, and documentation from a central piece of advice using Apache Maven. Apache Maven provides a complete framework to automate the job’s Build infrastructure.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of Apache Maven’s open-source data visualization and monitoring suite on a Debian 9 (Stretch) server.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Debian 9 (Stretch).
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Apache Maven on Debian 9 Stretch

Step 1. Before we install any software, it’s important to make sure your system is up to date by running the following apt-get commands in the terminal:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Installing Java.

Apache Maven requires Java to be installed on your server. By default, Java is not available in Ubuntu’s repository. Add the Oracle Java PPA to Apt with the following command:

add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
apt-get update -y
apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Verify the Java version:

java -version

Step 3. Installing Apache Maven.

The first thing to do is to go to Apache Maven’s download page and download the latest stable version of Apache Maven, At the moment of writing this article it is version 3.5.2:

wget http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.5.2/binaries/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.tar.gz

Now extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

tar xzf apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.tar.gz
ln -s apache-maven-3.5.2 apache-maven

Step 4. Setup Environment Variables.

Now set the environments variables by creating new file /etc/profile.d/maven.sh:

nano /etc/profile.d/apache-maven.sh

Add the following content:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
export M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven
export MAVEN_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

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

source /etc/profile.d/apache-maven.sh

Step 5. Verify Installation.

Once everything has been successfully configured, check the version of the Apache Maven:

### mvn -version

Apache Maven 3.5.2 (138edd61fd100ec658bfa2d307c43b76940a5d7d; 2018-01-18T13:28:13+05:30)
Maven home: /usr/local/apache-maven
Java version: 1.8.0_144, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre
Default locale: en_IN, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.4.0-e46-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Maven. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the latest version of Apache Maven open-source data visualization and monitoring suite on Debian 9 (Stretch). For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Apache Maven website.