Maven Install on Mac OS X
Alternatively, I recommend installing Homebrew for these kinds of utilities.
Then you just install Maven using:
brew install maven
PS: If you got a 404 error, try doing a brew update
just before
OS X prior to Mavericks (10.9) actually comes with Maven 3 built in.
If you're on OS X Lion, you won't have java installed by default. Run java
by itself and it'll prompt you to install it.
Assuming qualifications are met, run mvn -version
and see some output like this:
Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 12:31:09-0500)
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 1.6.0_29, vendor: Apple Inc.
Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.7.2", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"
Disclaimer: Here is a complete answer taking the last version of OS X (10.9 AKA Mavericks) into account. I am aware that everything I compiled in this answer is already present in the page, but having it clearly in one answer makes it a lot clearer.
First of all, with previous versions of OS X, Maven is installed by default. If Java is missing running you@host:~ $ java
in a terminal will prompt you for the Java installation.
With Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), Maven is not installed by default anymore. Different options are then possible:
- Using Homebrew:
you@host:~$ brew install maven
will install latest Maven (3.5.2 on 02/01/2018)you@host:~$ brew install maven30
will install Maven 3.0 if needed
- Using Macports: (I did not test this)
you@host:~$ sudo port install maven
will install latest Maven (?)- or:
you@host:~$ sudo port install maven3
will Install Maven 3.0you@host:~$ sudo port select --set maven maven3
selects that version of Maven
- Installing by hand:
- Download Maven from its homepage
- Follow the installation instructions:
- Extract the distribution archive, i.e.
apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz
to the directory you wish to install Maven 3.3.9. The subdirectoryapache-maven-3.3.9
will be created from the archive. - Optional: Add the MAVEN_OPTS environment variable to specify JVM properties, e.g.
export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx512m"
. This environment variable can be used to supply extra options to Maven. - Make sure that JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK, e.g.
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)
and that$JAVA_HOME/bin
is in yourPATH
environment variable (although that might not be necessary with the latest Mac OS X versions and the Oracle JDK). - Add extracted
apache-maven-3.3.9/bin
to your$PATH
- Run
mvn --version
to verify that it is correctly installed.
- Extract the distribution archive, i.e.