In this tutorial we will show you how to install Apache Maven 3 on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. Apache Maven is free and open source, software project management and comprehension tool written in Java. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage an entire project’s build. With Maven you can easily store documents, generate reports and documentation from a central piece of information. Installing Maven on Ubuntu 16.04, is fairly easy task, and should not take more then 10 minutes.
Listed below are some of the main Maven 3 features:
– Simple project setup
– Plugin extension points
– Maven shell
– Consistent usage across all projects
– Model based builds
– Automatic barent versioning
– Dependency management
– Parallel builds
and many more..
1. Login via SSH
First of all login to your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS via SSH as user root
ssh [email protected]_Address -p Port_number
2. Update OS Packages
and update all installed packages to the latest version
apt-get update && apt-get upgrage
3. Check Maven Version
The installation of Apache Maven is a very simple process. It is available in the official Ubuntu 16.04 reposiroty. You can check the exact version by executing the following command
apt-cache show maven | grep Version Version: 3.3.9-3
4. Install Maven from the official repository
So currently installed is version 3.3.9. Note that the latest available version of Apache Maven is currently 3.5.2 and it is recommended version for all users.
To proceed with the installation, run the following command
apt-get -y install maven
This will install the latest Maven 3 version available in the repository among with all Maven dependencies, including Java.
After the installation is complete, you can verify whether Maven is successfully installed on your Ubuntu 16.04 server, use the following command
mvn --version
The result should be similar to
Apache Maven 3.3.9 Maven home: /usr/share/maven Java version: 1.8.0_151, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: ANSI_X3.4-1968 OS name: "linux", version: "2.6.32-042stab127.2", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
5. Manual Installation
As we already mentioned, 3.3.9 is not the latest version of Maven. If you want to install the latest one, you can download it from Maven’s official website. First of all, we have to install Java on the server. It is not available in the official Ubuntu 16.04 repository, so we will add the PPA repository maintained by the Webupd8 team
apt-get install software-properties-common apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java apt-get update
6. Install Java
Next, install Java 8 with the following command
apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
To verify the installation, run
java -version java version "1.8.0_121" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-b13) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode)
7. Download Latest Maven Version
Download the latest stable release Maven
wget http://ftp.wayne.edu/apache/maven/maven-3/3.5.2/binaries/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
Once downloaded, unpack the zip archive
unzip apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
8. Configure Maven
rename the create directory to something simpler
mv apache-maven-3.5.2 maven
Set the necessary environment variables by creating new file with the following content
nano /etc/profile.d/maven.sh
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
Make sure that all paths are correct.
Run the following command to load the environment variables
source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh
9. Verify Maven Installation
And finally, verify that Maven is properly installed
mvn -version
