README.txt
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2 Apache Maven
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4 What is it?
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7 Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on
8 the concept of a Project Object Model (POM), Maven can manage a project's
9 build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.
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11 Documentation
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14 The most up-to-date documentation can be found at http://maven.apache.org/.
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16 Release Notes
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19 The full list of changes can be found at http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html.
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21 System Requirements
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24 JDK:
25 1.5 or above (this is to execute Maven - it still allows you to build against 1.3
26 and prior JDK's).
27 Memory:
28 No minimum requirement.
29 Disk:
30 No minimum requirement. Approximately 100MB will be used for your local repository,
31 however this will vary depending on usage and can be removed and redownloaded at
32 any time.
33 Operating System:
34 No minimum requirement. On Windows, Windows NT and above or Cygwin is required for
35 the startup scripts. Tested on Windows XP, Fedora Core and Mac OS X.
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37 Installing Maven
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40 1) Unpack the archive where you would like to store the binaries, eg:
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42 Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
43 tar zxvf apache-maven-3.x.y.tar.gz
44 Windows 2000/XP
45 unzip apache-maven-3.x.y.zip
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47 2) A directory called "apache-maven-3.x.y" will be created.
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49 3) Add the bin directory to your PATH, eg:
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51 Unix-based Operating Systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
52 export PATH=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.x.y/bin:$PATH
53 Windows 2000/XP
54 set PATH="c:\program files\apache-maven-3.x.y\bin";%PATH%
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56 4) Make sure JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK
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58 5) Run "mvn --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.
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60 For complete documentation, see http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation
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62 Licensing
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65 Please see the file called LICENSE.TXT
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67 Maven URLS
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70 Home Page: http://maven.apache.org/
71 Downloads: http://maven.apache.org/download.html
72 Release Notes: http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html
73 Mailing Lists: http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html
74 Source Code: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git/apache-maven
75 Issue Tracking: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG
76 Wiki: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/
77 Available Plugins: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/index.html
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