# Maven installation on Linux

By

Paul Tomoiu

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In 

Maven, 

installation, 

Linux

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Published 2022-12-03

This tutorial explains to you how we can install Maven on Linux (CentOS).

Maven is a powerful project management tool that is based on POM (project object model). It is used for building and managing any Java-based project.

Here are the steps for installing Maven on Linux (CentOS).

Step #1

Download Maven binaries from https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi.

Step #2

Unzip the file into a specific location.

Here is the actual location of Maven binaries:

Step #3

Add MAVEN_HOME System Variable

Step #4

Add MAVEN_HOME Directory in PATH Variable

Step #5

You can verify the version of the Maven.

mvn -version
mvn -v

If you see the correct version of Maven that means Maven is installed on your machine.