Apache Maven – as build tool : Maven Setup
| Download Maven Setup |
Maven is a project development management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model: builds, dependency management, documentation creation, site publication, and distribution publication are all controlled from the pom.xml declarative file.
You need following to have Maven based Java Project
- Download and setup Maven
- Build a simple pom.xml file for compilation and JAR file packaging
- Run Maven
Click here to download Maven installation binary Files
| Install Maven |
Download of Maven Framework
Direct Download of Maven
After download, you will get apache-maven-3.2.5-bin.zip.
if extract this file you will get jar file under lib folder that you need to place as library in your project.
I assume that you have JDK [Java Development Kit] installed in your System.
Now set PATH as Below on command prompt. You can also set in Environment PATH. Here i am doing on Console.
| Setup PATH Before Execution |
Maven PATH Setup with version check and execution of pom.xml file
D:\>SET M2_HOME=D:\apache-maven-3.2.5
D:\>SET PATH=%PATH%;D:\apache-maven-3.2.5\bin
D:\>SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_15
<em>if You type mvn, you will get following.</em>
D:\>mvn
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.156 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-02-18T19:49:39+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/15M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] No goals have been specified for this build. You must specify a valid li
fecycle phase or a goal in the format <plugin-prefix>:<goal> or <plugin-group-id
>:<plugin-artifact-id>[:<plugin-version>]:<goal>. Available lifecycle phases are
: validate, initialize, generate-sources, process-sources, generate-resources, p
rocess-resources, compile, process-classes, generate-test-sources, process-test-
sources, generate-test-resources, process-test-resources, test-compile, process-
test-classes, test, prepare-package, package, pre-integration-test, integration-
test, post-integration-test, verify, install, deploy, pre-clean, clean, post-cle
an, pre-site, site, post-site, site-deploy. -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e swit
ch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please rea
d the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/NoGoalSpecifie
dException
<em>Checking Ant Version</em>
D:\>mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.2.5 (12a6b3acb947671f09b81f49094c53f426d8cea1; 2014-12-14T22:59:2
3+05:30)
Maven home: D:\apache-maven-3.2.5
Java version: 1.7.0_15, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_15\jre
Default locale: en_IN, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "x86", family: "windows"
D:\>
<em>Running Maven and getting error since i don't have pom.xml file in D: drive</em>
D:\>mvn pom.xml
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.078 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-02-18T19:54:06+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/15M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] The goal you specified requires a project to execute but there is no POM
in this directory (D:\). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct direc
tory. -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e swit
ch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please rea
d the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MissingProject
Exception
D:\>
Maven command with other options
D:\>mvn -help
usage: mvn [options] [<goal(s)>] [<phase(s)>]
Options:
-am,--also-make If project list is specified, also
build projects required by the
list
-amd,--also-make-dependents If project list is specified, also
build projects that depend on
projects on the list
-B,--batch-mode Run in non-interactive (batch)
mode
-b,--builder <arg> The id of the build strategy to
use.
-C,--strict-checksums Fail the build if checksums don't
match
-c,--lax-checksums Warn if checksums don't match
-cpu,--check-plugin-updates Ineffective, only kept for
backward compatibility
-D,--define <arg> Define a system property
-e,--errors Produce execution error messages
-emp,--encrypt-master-password <arg> Encrypt master security password
-ep,--encrypt-password <arg> Encrypt server password
-f,--file <arg> Force the use of an alternate POM
file (or directory with pom.xml).
-fae,--fail-at-end Only fail the build afterwards;
allow all non-impacted builds to
continue
-ff,--fail-fast Stop at first failure in
reactorized builds
-fn,--fail-never NEVER fail the build, regardless
of project result
-gs,--global-settings <arg> Alternate path for the global
settings file
-h,--help Display help information
-l,--log-file <arg> Log file to where all build output
will go.
-llr,--legacy-local-repository Use Maven 2 Legacy Local
Repository behaviour, ie no use of
_remote.repositories. Can also be
activated by using
-Dmaven.legacyLocalRepo=true
-N,--non-recursive Do not recurse into sub-projects
-npr,--no-plugin-registry Ineffective, only kept for
backward compatibility
-npu,--no-plugin-updates Ineffective, only kept for
backward compatibility
-nsu,--no-snapshot-updates Suppress SNAPSHOT updates
-o,--offline Work offline
-P,--activate-profiles <arg> Comma-delimited list of profiles
to activate
-pl,--projects <arg> Comma-delimited list of specified
reactor projects to build instead
of all projects. A project can be
specified by [groupId]:artifactId
or by its relative path.
-q,--quiet Quiet output - only show errors
-rf,--resume-from <arg> Resume reactor from specified
project
-s,--settings <arg> Alternate path for the user
settings file
-T,--threads <arg> Thread count, for instance 2.0C
where C is core multiplied
-t,--toolchains <arg> Alternate path for the user
toolchains file
-U,--update-snapshots Forces a check for missing
releases and updated snapshots on
remote repositories
-up,--update-plugins Ineffective, only kept for
backward compatibility
-V,--show-version Display version information
WITHOUT stopping build
-v,--version Display version information
-X,--debug Produce execution debug output
D:\>
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