Maintaining complex classpaths and manually compiling files is painful. That’s where build tools come in.

Absolutely! Here’s a simple and complete guide to help your readers set up Maven on their system (both Windows and Linux), followed by verifying the installation.

To build and manage Java projects efficiently, Maven is a must-have. Here’s how to set it up on your system.

Go to the official Apache Maven site: https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

• Download the binary zip archive (e.g., apache-maven-<version>-bin.zip)
• Extract it to a folder, e.g., C:\Programs\apache-maven-<version>

• Open Windows Powershell.
• Set the installation path as follows:

setx MAVEN_HOME "C:\Programs\apache-maven-<version>"

setx PATH "%PATH%;%MAVEN_HOME%\bin"

Open Command Prompt and run:

mvn -v

You should see Maven version info.

wget https://downloads.apache.org/maven/maven-3/<version>/binaries/apache-maven-<version>-bin.tar.gz

tar -xvzf apache-maven-<version>-bin.tar.gz
sudo mv apache-maven-<version> /opt/maven

Edit your shell profile (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, etc.) and add:

export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=$MAVEN_HOME/bin:$PATH

Apply the changes:

source ~/.bashrc  # or source ~/.zshrc

mvn -v

You should see output with the Maven version, Java version, and JAVA_HOME path.

Now Lets add below in pom.xml:

<!-- pom.xml -->
<project>
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
  <artifactId>app</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
</project>

Run:

mvn package

JAR gets built inside target/.