Maven 3.3.1 Config Error in IntelliJ Idea 14

Question

I got the maven .tar file from http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi, and installed it to the path /usr/local/. I run the mvn -version command in the new window, the output i

Answer 1

I've got the same error with these tools version:

1. apache-maven-3.3.1
2. Eclipse: Luna Service Release 2 (4.4.2) with M2Eclipse 1.5.0
3. java: 1.8.0_31

Solved it by adding the VM argument (-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory= MAVEN_HOME_PATH)