How To Install maven on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven on Rocky Linux 8. maven is Java project management and project comprehension tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install maven.

Install maven on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install maven

Install maven on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install maven

How To Uninstall maven on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove maven

maven Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/mvn
/usr/bin/mvnDebug
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/mvn
/usr/share/man/man1/mvn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mvnDebug.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.