In this article we are going to cover Install java on Amazon Linux 2, Download maven, How to Install Apache Maven on Amazon Linux 2, setup Apache maven variables and check maven version on Amazon Linux 2.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Maven is build automation tools basically used for the java project but maven also can be used for build and manage projects written in c# ,ruby, Scala and other language .Maven project hosted by Apache software foundation
Prerequisite
- Amazon Linux 2 Instance
- SSH access with sudo privileges
#1. Install Java on Amazon Linux 2
update the system packages
sudo yum update
Install java 1.8 on Amazon Linux 2 using below command
sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk
To install java 11 on Amazon Linux 2 using below command
sudo amazon-linux-extras install java-openjdk11
Check the Installed OpenJDK version using command line
java --versionOutput:
openjdk 11.0.9 2020-10-20 LTS OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.9+11-LTS) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.9+11-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)
use below command to switch java version
sudo alternatives --config java
How to Install Apache Maven on Amazon Linux 2
#2. Download Latest Apache Maven on Amazon Linux 2
Download the latest Apache Maven version on Ubuntu from Apache Maven official download page.
Navigate to /tmp directory
cd /tmp
Download the Apache Maven version using wget
sudo wget https://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.8.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz
Output:
https://www-eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.8.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz
Resolving www-eu.apache.org (www-eu.apache.org)... 95.216.26.30, 2a01:4f9:2a:1a61::2
Connecting to www-eu.apache.org (www-eu.apache.org)|95.216.26.30|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz [following]
--2021-04-29 13:19:14-- https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.8.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz
Resolving downloads.apache.org (downloads.apache.org)... 88.99.95.219, 2a01:4f8:10a:201a::2
Connecting to downloads.apache.org (downloads.apache.org)|88.99.95.219|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 9536838 (9.1M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz’
100%[============================================================================>] 9,536,838 6.96MB/s in 1.3s
2021-04-29 13:19:16 (6.96 MB/s) - ‘apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz’ saved [9536838/9536838]once downloaded extract the apache maven setup in /opt directory
sudo tar xf /tmp/apache-maven-*.tar.gz -C /optCreate a symlink for Apache maven directory to update the maven versions
sudo ln -s /opt/apache-maven-3.8.1 /opt/maven#3. Setup Apache Maven Environment Variables
To setup apache maven environment variables in Amazon Linux 2, create a file named maven.sh in /etc/profile.d/ directory
sudo nano /etc/profile.d/maven.shPaste the below lines
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-11-openjdk
export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}Give the executable permission using chmod
sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/maven.shLoad the Environment Variables using source command
source /etc/profile.d/maven.shwe have covered How to Install Apache Maven on Amazon Linux 2.
Verify the installed maven version using command line
mvn -versionOutput:
Apache Maven 3.8.1 (05c21c65bdfed0f71a2f2ada8b84da59348c4c5d)
Maven home: /opt/maven
Java version: 11.0.9, vendor: Red Hat, Inc., runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.9.11-0.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "4.14.231-173.360.amzn2.x86_64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"So now we will remove the Apache Maven downloaded archive file because it is of no use now.
lets free up space by using below command which will remove the downloaded archive file.
sudo rm -f apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.tar.gz
Conclusion:
We have covered install java on Amazon Linux 2, Download maven, How to Install Apache Maven on Amazon Linux 2, setup Apache maven variables and check maven version on Amazon Linux 2.
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