How to install Maven on Mac OSX

After the upgrade of Mac OS X Mavericks, Maven was removed (no idea why). So, You have to install it manually.

**2.1 – Download Maven**Download the Maven, for example apache-maven-3.1.1-bin.tar.gz

. Extracts it,

tar -xvf apache-maven-3.1.1-bin.tar.gz
$pwd
/Users/mkyong/apache-maven-3.1.1

2.2 – Set Maven command in environment variable.

Update ~/. bash_profile – create this file if doesn’t exist.

$ vim ~/.bash_profile

~/.bash_profile
export M2_HOME=/Users/mkyong/apache-maven-3.1.1
export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin

Restart the terminal. Test it.

$mvn -version

Apache Maven 3.1.1 (0728685237757ffbf44136acec0402957f723d9a; 2013-09-17 23:22:22+0800)
Maven home: /Users/mkyong/apache-maven-3.1.1
Java version: 1.7.0_05, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.9", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

1.http://www.mkyong.com/maven/install-maven-on-mac-osx/