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Steps to Install Maven on windows

1. Go to http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation 2. Download Maven 2.2.1 Binary “ apache-maven-2.2.1-bin.zip ” 3. Extract the ZIP where you want to install maven. For eg. “D:\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.3” 4. Add the M2_HOME environment variable and set it to “D:\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.3” 5. Add the M2 environment variable and set it to “D:\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.3\bin” 6. Add “D:\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.3\bin” to your PATH variable. 7. Open the command prompt and type “mvn --version” to test whether its installed or not.     It should print:     Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 23:01:09+0530)     Maven home: D:\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.3     Java version: 1.6.0_22, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.     Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_22\jre     Default locale: en_IN, platform encoding: Cp1252     OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"