How to install Maven on Mac OS

The Easy way

Learn how to install Maven on Mac OS Following the instructions in this article

The other way

1. Download Maven
2. Extract it
3. Move the apache-maven-x.x.x folder to a permanent location. For example /Users/nikolay/apache-maven-3.6.3
4. Open your bash_profile

cd ~/
open -e .bash_profile

5. Add these two variables to the profile

export M2_HOME=/Users/nikolay/apache-maven-3.6.3
export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin

6. Save

7. Restart the terminal

8. Test that it works

Nikolays-MBP:selenium-java nikolay$ mvn -version

Apache Maven 3.6.3 (cecedd343002696d0abb50b32b541b8a6ba2883f)
Maven home: /Users/nikolay/apache-maven-3.6.3
Java version: 13.0.2, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-13.0.2.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.15.4", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"