Installing maven on windows 7 64bit

Question

I want to create a Tapestry Skeletion Project. I follow to these guide: http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation, http://juanjoefe.com/tutoriales/instalar-maven-en-windows-7/ and other guides on the internet.

But, when I type "mvn --version" or "mvn -version", I always receive error "mvn is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

My friends use Windows 7 x86, and they had no problem. How can I install Maven 3.0.3 on Windows 7 x64?

Answer 1

1. navigate to the Maven directory (e.g. in your explorer)
2. go to a dir IN the bin
3. copy the address in the address bar (F4 or CTRL+L, must end with bin)
4. go to Start and type in env
5. Select "edit the system evironment variables"
6. find the PATH variable which must also have an existing value for Java as Maven needs Java.
7. append a ; + paste the previously copied path.
8. restart to update system
9. run mvn install in the cli.

Yucca

Answer 2

Setting up Maven 3.0.4 in Windows 7 64 bit

• Right Click My Computer → Properties → Advanced System Properties → Environment Variables → System Variables

• Click "New"

• Add

M2_HOME=C:\maven\apache-maven-3.0.4
M2=%M2_HOME%\bin

Assuming JAVA_HOME is already setup.

• Edit Path environment variable and add %M2% as ;%M2% at the end of the existing path

Example:

C:\Users\arun.bc\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Dell\DW WLAN Card;C:\Ruby193\bin;C:\Borland\BCC55\Bin;%JAVA_HOME%/bin;%M2%

Apply and Close the System Properties

Open a new command prompt and type

mvn --version

The following message should be displayed:

C:\Users\arun.bc>mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 16:44:56+0800)
Maven home: C:\maven\apache-maven-3.0.4
Java version: 1.7.0_03, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

Answer 3

I had the same issue but was able to fix it.

When I set up maven_home, I had a semi-colon ; at the end. So when I set up path it become MAVEN;\bin .... I removed the semi-colon ; at the end and problem solved.

For some reason the ; does not matter in Windows XP, but is a problem in Windows7 (32 bit).

Nathan