maven simple setup

Installation

1. download maven

2. Ensure JAVA_HOME environment variable is set and points to your JDK installation

3. extract maven and put to /opt/

tar xzvf apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz

4. make soflink
ln -s apache-maven-3.3.9 maven

5. edit user .bash_profile and add this into it
export M2_HOME=/opt/maven 

export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
6. exit and login again to take effect and test maven
mvn --version

7. create a new project and let it generate a new pom.xml

mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

reference:

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

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/maven/maven_environment_setup.htm