Install Maven on CentOS 9

Step 1: Install Java 17 OpenJDK

sudo yum install java-17-openjdk

Step 2: Install wget and unzip

sudo yum install wget unzip -y

Step 3: Download and unzip Apache Maven

wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/3.9.6/binaries/apache-maven-3.9.6-bin.zip
unzip apache-maven-3.9.6-bin.zip
mv apache-maven-3.9.6 maven
rm -f apache-maven-3.9.6-bin.zip

Step 4: Create the Maven environment file

sudo vim /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Add the following lines:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-openjdk
export M2_HOME=/opt/maven
export MAVEN_HOME=/opt/maven
export PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

Save and exit the editor.

Step 5: Make the Maven environment file executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Step 6: Load the Maven environment file

source /etc/profile.d/maven.sh

Step 7: Verify Maven installation

mvn -version