Maven in Eclipse: step by step installation [close

Question

I have spent been on the Maven site reading the 5- and 30-minute tutorials, and trialing Maven out for the first time.

I want to install a Maven plugin and use it to start building Maven projects from Eclipse.

Despite an honest effort, I have been unable to find a comprehensive tutorial on any Maven plugin. M2E, which seems like the de facto standard, has nothing but broken (or recursive) links on their site.

I can't tell if I even installed the plugin correctly, or how to use it.

Does anyone know of a good step-by-step guide to M2E or any other plugin? One that comes with good installation documentation, along with a solid explanation of its features and proper uses?

Answer 1

First install maven in your system and set Maven environment variables

1. M2_HOME: ....\apache-maven-3.0.5 \ maven installed path
2. M2_Repo: D:\maven_repo \If change maven repo location
3. M2: %M2_HOME%\bin

Steps to Configures maven on Eclipse IDE:

• Select Window -> Preferences Note: If Maven option is not present, then add maven 3 to eclipse or install it.
• Add the Maven location of your system

To check maven is configured properly:

• Open Eclipse and click on Windows -> Preferences

• Choose Maven from left panel, and select installations.

• Click on Maven -> "User Settings" option form left panel, to check local repository location.

Answer 2

Tried every stuff but this one worked .. 1. Eclipse -> Help -> Install New Software. 2. Type " http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo/ " & Hit Enter. 3. Expand " Collaboration " tag. 4. Select Maven plugin from there. 5. Click on next . 6. Accept the agreement & click finish. After installing the maven it will ask for restarting the Eclipse, So restart the eclipse again to see the changes.

Thanks Mukesh for Guiding.

Answer 3

You have to follow the following steps in the Eclipse IDE

1. Go to Help - > Install New Software
2. Click add button at top right corner
3. In the popup coming, type in name as "Maven" and location as "http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases"
4. Click on OK.

Maven integration for eclipse will be dowloaded and installed. Restart the workspace.

In the .m2 folder(usually under C:\user\ directory) add settings.xml. Give proper proxy and profiles. Now create a new Maven project in eclipse.

Answer 4

I have also come across the same issue and figuredout the issue here is the solution.

Lot of people assumes Eclipse and maven intergration is tough but its very eassy.

1) download the maven and unzip it in to your favorite directory.

Ex : C:\satyam\DEV_TOOLS\apache-maven-3.1.1

2) Set the environment variable for Maven(Hope every one knows where to go to set this)

In the system variable: Variable_name = M2_HOME Variable_Value =C:\satyam\DEV_TOOLS\apache-maven-3.1.1

Next in the same System Variable you will find the variable name called Path: just edit the path variable and add M2_HOME details like with the existing values.

%M2_HOME%/bin;

so in the second step now you are done setting the Maven stuff to your system.you need to cross check it whether your setting is correct or not, go to command prompt and type mvn--version it should disply the path of your Maven

3) Open the eclipse and go to Install new software and type M2E Plugin install and restart the Eclipse

with the above 3 steps you are done with Maven and Maven Plugin with eclipse

4) Maven is used .m2 folder to download all the jars, it will find in Ex: C:\Users\tempsakat.m2

under this folder one settings.xml file and one repository folder will be there

5) go to Windwo - preferences of your Eclipse and type Maven then select UserSettings from left menu then give the path of the settings.xml here .

now you are done...

Answer 5

Maven Eclipse plugin installation step by step:

Open Eclipse IDE Click Help -> Install New Software Click Add button at top right corner At pop up: fill up Name as you want and Location as http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/milestones/1.0 Now click OK And follow the instruction

Answer 6

I was having problems because I was looking to install the Maven plugin on MuleStudio not Eclipse..

[for MuleStudio 1.2 or below do steps (1) and (2) otherwise jump to step (2)]

Instructions for MuleStudio (ONLY versions 1.2 and below): (1) Help >install new software...

Helios Update Site - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios/

Instructions for MuleStudio (1.3) OR Eclipse: (2) Help >install new software...

Maven -  URL: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases