Maven Installation on Windows

Today we will discuss , How to install maven in Windwos .
1. First of all we need to download maven from apache maven site – http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
2. Now extract compressed file to local drive , say example – “E:\apache\apache-maven-3.2.1”
3. Set up the enviornmental variable M2_HOME = E:\apache\apache-maven-3.2.1

And same way you need to add : M2= %M2_HOME%\bin

And include the M2 in pathe variable as well.

4. If you want to change “localRepository” then open the settings file of conf folder (example – E:\apache\apache-maven-3.2.1\conf and uncomment

< ! -- localRepository | The path to the local repository maven will use to store artifacts. | Default: ${user.home}/.m2/repository /path/to/local/repo -- >

and modify it as : E:\apache\maven_local_repo

5. Now Open cmd and run the following command.
mvn –version
Now you will get the following information of the maven which you have just installed.