RHEL 7 Install Apache Maven

This article will show you how to install apache maven on RHEL 7

Install JDK 11 if you don’t have one

RHEL 7 Install JDK 11

Download latest maven binaries version

# Choose a folder to download eg. opt
cd /opt

# Run download command
sudo wget https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.6/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.6-bin.tar.gz

# Extract package
sudo tar xzf apache-maven-3.8.6-bin.tar.gz

# Link maven install path
sudo ln -s apache-maven-3.8.6 maven

# Remove downloaded package
sudo rm apache-maven-3.8.6-bin.tar.gz

Setup environment variables

# Create maven.sh file
sudo vi /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

# Add below content
export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

Reboot your server and verify installation

mvn -version

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