How To Install maven-plugin-plugin on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-plugin-plugin on CentOS 7. maven-plugin-plugin is Maven Plugin Plugin

Introduction

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

What is maven-plugin-plugin

The Plugin Plugin is used to create a Maven plugin descriptor for any Mojo’s found in the source tree, to include in the JAR. It is also used to generate Xdoc files for the Mojos as well as for updating the plugin registry, the artifact metadata and a generic help goal.

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

Install maven-plugin-plugin 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-plugin-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install maven-plugin-plugin

Install maven-plugin-plugin 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-plugin-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install maven-plugin-plugin

How To Uninstall maven-plugin-plugin on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove maven-plugin-plugin

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Summary

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