What does mvn install in maven exactly do

Question

I just started using Maven and I was told to do mvn install in a specific directory.

What does mvn install do, exactly?

I think i

Answer 1

-DskipTests=true is short form of -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Make changes in Setting.xml in your .m2 folder. You can use link to local repo so that the jars once downlaoded should not be downloaded again and again.

file://C:/Users/admin/.m2/repository