In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Maven on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. 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 Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) server.
Prerequisites
- A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus).
- 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 theroot user
. We recommend acting as anon-root sudo user
, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.
Install Apache Maven on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt-get
commands in the terminal.
sudo apt-get update sudo 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 by running the following command:
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}
Now 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; 2017-10-18T13:28:13+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: "4.4.0-46-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Apache Maven. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Apache Maven on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Apache Maven website.