How To Install maven on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven on CentOS 7. maven is Java project management and project comprehension tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven on CentOS 7.

What is maven

Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project’s build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

We can use yum or dnf to install maven on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install maven.

Install maven on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install maven using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install maven

Install maven on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install maven using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install maven

How To Uninstall maven on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the maven package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove maven

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.