Maven

What is Maven?

Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects.
So as Maven is a Java tool, you must have Java installed in order to proceed. 
Depending on your network setup, you may require extra configurations too.

To download Apache Maven click on the link

• Extract the distribution archive to the directory you wish to install Maven.
  (These instructions assume you chose /usr/local/apache-maven)
• In a command terminal, add the M2_HOME environment variable.
  e.g. export M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-3.2.5.
• Add the M2 environment variable.
  e.g. export M2=$M2_HOME/bin.
• Optional: Add the MAVEN_OPTS environment variable to specify JVM properties.
  (This environment variable can be used to supply extra options to Maven)
• Add M2 environment variable to your path
  e.g. export PATH=$M2:$PATH.
• Make sure that JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK.
  e.g. export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_51
  $JAVA_HOME/bin should be in your PATH environment variable
• Run mvn --version to verify that it is correctly installed.
 

 

For more details you can refer to Apache Maven