Ubuntu 20.04 - install Apache Maven (mvn command)

In this short article we would like to show how to install Apache Maven (mvn command) on Ubuntu 20.04 using default package tool (apt command).

Quick solution (run following commands):

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sudo apt update

sudo apt install maven

Note: maven requires java, so check if java is installed. 

To check if maven is installed proper way, use following command:

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mvn -v

Output:

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Apache Maven 3.6.3

Maven home: /usr/share/maven

Java version: 14.0.1, vendor: Private Build, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-14-openjdk-amd64

Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8

OS name: "linux", version: "5.4.0-48-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"