Note<\/strong>: We have tested the commands and methods discussed here on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS<\/strong>. You must have sudo access to install\/remove the Apache Maven on your system.<\/p>\n In the following procedure, we are going to install Apache Maven via apt:<\/p>\n 1. Update system\u2019s repository index using the command below in Terminal:<\/p>\n Enter the password for sudo.<\/p>\n 2. Then use the following command in order to install Apache Maven:<\/p>\n Now you might be provided with the Y\/n<\/strong> option, press Y<\/strong> to carry on the installation of Apache Maven. Then the installation will be started on your system.<\/p>\n 3. Once the installation is completed, you can verify it by using the command below in Terminal:<\/p>\n After running the above command, you will receive the following similar output:<\/p>\n The above output also displays the installed version of Apache Maven which is 3.6.3.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now Apache Maven has been successfully installed and is ready to use.<\/p>\n In the following procedure, we are going to download and install Apache Maven from its official website:<\/p>\n 1. Before installing Apache Maven, first you will need to install JDK. To install JDK, update the system repository index using the below command:<\/p>\n Then install JDK as follows:<\/p>\n 2. To verify if JDK has been installed, issue the below command in Terminal:<\/p>\n The following output verifies that JDK has been successfully installed on your system,<\/p>\n This command will save the downloaded Apache Maven archive file apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz<\/strong> in the \/tmp<\/strong> directory.<\/p>\n 4. Now, extract the archive using the below command in Terminal:<\/p>\n This command will extract the file to the apache-maven-3.6.3<\/strong> directory.<\/p>\n 5. Now, copy the extracted directory apache-maven-3.6.3<\/strong> to \/opt\/<\/strong> as follows.<\/p>\n 6. Now, you will need to setup the environment variables. To do this, create a script file maven.sh<\/strong> in the \/etc\/profile.d<\/strong> directory using the below command in Terminal:<\/p>\n Add the below lines in the script:<\/p>\n Now you can save and exit this script.<\/p>\n 7. Now use the below command to give the script executable permissions:<\/p>\n 8. Load the environment variables using the below command:<\/p>\n Now the installation of Apache Maven has been completed. You can verify it by running the below command in Terminal:<\/p>\n After running the above command, you will receive the following similar output which verifies that Maven version 3.6.3 has been successfully installed.<\/p>\nMethod 1: Installing Apache Maven via apt<\/h2>\n
$ sudo apt-get update<\/pre>\n
$ sudo apt-get install maven<\/pre>\n
$ mvn -version<\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\nMethod 2: Installing Apache Maven from the official website<\/h2>\n
$ sudo apt update<\/pre>\n
$ sudo apt install default-jdk<\/pre>\n
$ java --version<\/pre>\n
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3. Now, you will need to download the Apache Maven<\/a> from its official website. Issue the command below in Terminal to download the most recent release:<\/p>\n$ wget https:\/\/downloads.apache.org\/maven\/maven-3\/3.6.3\/binaries\/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz<\/a> -P \/tmp<\/pre>\n
$ tar -xvzf apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.tar.gz<\/pre>\n
$ cp -r apache-maven-3.6.0 \/opt\/maven<\/pre>\n
$ sudo nano \/etc\/profile.d\/maven.sh<\/pre>\n
export JAVA_HOME=\/usr\/lib\/jvm\/default-java\n\nexport M2_HOME=\/opt\/maven\n\nexport MAVEN_HOME=\/opt\/maven\n\nexport PATH=${M2_HOME}\/bin:${PATH}<\/pre>\n![](\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/word-image-254.png\")
<\/p>\n$ sudo chmod +x \/etc\/profile.d\/maven.sh<\/pre>\n
$ source \/etc\/profile.d\/maven.sh<\/pre>\n
$ mvn -version<\/pre>\n
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<\/p>\nUninstall Maven<\/h2>\n