Maven Tutorial
Installation Of Maven On Windows
How To Install Maven On Windows ?
Steps To Install Maven On Windows : Download and install Java, if it is not installed on your system. To check the java version installed on your system, run command 'java --version' in command prompt.
So, download .zip file for JDK from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#jdk18-windows and extract the .zip file at your preferred location.
Setup Environment Variable for Java
In PC, search for System Environment and click on it.
Under Advanced Setting of System Properties go to the Environment Variables.
Now in System Variable click on New, it pops a box in which provide variable name as 'JAVA_HOME' and in variable value pass the JDK path to the directory and save the changes.
Now JAVA_HOME variable would be displayed in System Variable.
Edit the 'path' variable and create a new path as '%JAVA_HOME%\bin' then save the changes by clicking OK.
The path has been set.
Download and Setup Maven Environment Variable
Download maven zip file for windows from here.
Extract the zip file at some location. I have extracted it to 'C:\Users\softwares\maven\apache-maven-3.8.4'.
Setup Environment variable for Maven :
Setup the Maven Environment Variable in the same way, we setup Java Environment Variable above.
Pass the variable name as 'Maven_HOME' and enter the maven directory in its value then click OK.
Edit the 'path' variable and create a new path as '%Maven_HOME%\bin' then save the changes by clicking OK.
Maven has been setup successfully.
To Test, If The Installation Has Been Done Properly, run command 'mvn --version' in command prompt.