Install Maven in Mac OSX

to install maven in Mac OSX, the easiest way is to use Homebrew

OR using the following steps:

• Download maven from https://maven.apache.org
• unzip the apache maven zip file into a location when you fix /User/XXX/Desktop/dev/apache-maven-X.X.X
• then you would need to add the maven folder into your user's MacOSX path using vi or other text editor tools

            shell> vi ~/.bash_profile

file content

export M2_HOME=/path/to/your/maven/folder .  (e.g: /User/XXX/Desktop/dev/apache-maven-X.X.X)

export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin

• save the file by press "ESC" button, then type this command -> ":wq!"
• you would need to refresh the system PATH using following command

            shell> source ~/.bash_profile

• after that, type shell> mvn --version