Apache Maven

What is it?
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Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on
the concept of a Project Object Model (POM), Maven can manage a project's
build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

Documentation
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The most up-to-date documentation can be found at http://maven.apache.org/.

Release Notes
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The full list of changes can be found at http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html.

System Requirements
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JDK:
1.5 or above (this is to execute Maven - it still allows you to build against 1.3
and prior JDK's).
Memory:
No minimum requirement.
Disk:
No minimum requirement. Approximately 100MB will be used for your local repository,
however this will vary depending on usage and can be removed and redownloaded at
any time.
Operating System:
No minimum requirement. On Windows, Windows NT and above or Cygwin is required for
the startup scripts. Tested on Windows XP, Fedora Core and Mac OS X.

Installing Maven
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1) Unpack the archive where you would like to store the binaries, eg:

Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
tar zxvf apache-maven-3.0.x.tar.gz
Windows 2000/XP
unzip apache-maven-3.0.x.zip

2) A directory called "apache-maven-3.0.x" will be created.

3) Add the bin directory to your PATH, eg:

Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
export PATH=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.0.x/bin:$PATH
Windows 2000/XP
set PATH="c:\program files\apache-maven-3.0.x\bin";%PATH%

4) Make sure JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK

5) Run "mvn --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.

For complete documentation, see http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation

Licensing
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Please see the file called LICENSE.TXT

Maven URLS
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Home Page: http://maven.apache.org/
Downloads: http://maven.apache.org/download.html
Release Notes: http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html
Mailing Lists: http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html
Source Code: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/
Issue Tracking: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG
Wiki: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/
Available Plugins: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/index.html