How To Install maven on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maven on Debian 12.
What is maven
maven is:
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.
Maven’s primary goal is to allow a developer to comprehend the complete state of a development effort in the shortest period of time. In order to attain this goal there are several areas of concern that Maven attempts to deal with:
* Making the build process easy
* Providing a uniform build system
* Providing quality project information
* Providing guidelines for best practices development
* Allowing transparent migration to new features
There are three methods to install maven on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install maven Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maven using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maven
Install maven Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maven using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maven
Install maven Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install maven using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maven
How To Uninstall maven on Debian 12
To uninstall only the maven package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maven
Uninstall maven And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maven and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maven
Remove maven Configurations and Data
To remove maven configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maven
Remove maven configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maven configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maven
Dependencies
maven have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maven package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.