How to install maven on redhat linux

Question

Note: When originally posted I was trying to install maven2. Since the main answer is for maven3 I have updated the title. The rest of the question remains as it was origina

Answer 1

Pretty much what others said, but using "~/.bash_profile" and step by step (for beginners):

1. Move to home folder and create a new folder for maven artifacts:
   • cd ~ && mkdir installed-packages
2. Go to https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi and wget the latest artifact:
   • If you don't have wget installed: sudo yum install -y wget
   • cd ~/installed-packages
   • wget http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.5.0/binaries/apache-maven-3.5.0-bin.tar.gz
3. Uncompress the downloaded file:
   • tar -xvf apache-maven-3.5.0-bin.tar.gz
4. Create a symbolic link of the uncompressed file:
   • ln -s ~/installed-packages/apache-maven-3.5.0 /usr/local/apache-maven
5. Edit ~/.bash_profile (This is where environment variables are commonly stored):
   • vi ~/.bash_profile
   • Add the variable: MVN_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven (do this before PATH variable is defined)
     • (For those who don't know vi tool: Press i key to enable insert mode)
   • Go to the end of the line where PATH variable is defined and append the following: :$MVN_HOME:$MVN_HOME/bin
   • Save changes
     • (For those who don't know vi tool: Press esc key to exit insert mode and :wq! to save and quit file)
6. Reload environment variables:
   • source ~/.bash_profile
7. Confirm that maven command now works properly:
   • mvn --help