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Maven

These are useful links to get started with Maven.

Apache Maven Project http://mevenide.codehaus.org/m2-site/

Download & Install

Make sure you get Maven 2.x (not 1.x).

http://maven.apache.org/download.html

Installation instructions (from the site linked above):

Windows 2000/XP

Unzip maven-2.0.7-bin.zip to the directory you wish to install Maven 2.0.7. These instructions assume you chose C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\maven-2.0.7 Add the bin directory to your path, by opening up the system properties (WinKey + Pause), selecting the "Advanced" tab, and the "Environment Variables" button, then editing the PATH variable in the user variables. eg. "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\maven-2.0.7\bin";%PATH% In the same dialog, make sure that JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK, eg. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_02 Run mvn --version to verify that it is correctly installed.

Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)

Extract the distribution archive to the directory you wish to install Maven 2.0.7. These instructions assume you chose /usr/local/maven-2.0.7 . The directory maven-2.0.7 will be created from the archive. Add the bin directory to your path, eg. export PATH=/usr/local/maven-2.0.7/bin:$PATH Make sure that JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK, eg. export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02 Run mvn --version to verify that it is correctly installed.

Quick Tutorial

• http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html

• http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html

Maven Plugins for IDE's

Eclipse

For the Maven 2 Eclipse plugin use this url for the "New Remote Site" http://m2eclipse.codehaus.org

Then right-click on your project, choose Maven2 and 'enable' to use the plugin on a per-project basis. This will set up your local Maven repository (under the /<users.home>/.m2 directory) as a library in Eclipse.

IntelliJ

IntelliJ plugins:

• http://mevenide.codehaus.org/mevenide-idea/downloads.html

• http://plugins.intellij.net/plugin/?id=1166

NetBeans

NetBeans 5.0+:

• http://mevenide.codehaus.org/m2-site/