Installing Apache Maven 3.0.4 in Ubuntu 11.10

Installing Apache Maven 3.0.4

1. mkdir ~/softwares
2. cd ~/softwares
   
3. Get the latest release from Apache web site using the command
   wget http://mirrors.sonic.net/apache/maven/binaries/apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz
   
4. Unpack the .gz file using command
   tar -zxf apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz
   
5. Create a link to this called apache-maven as that makes easy to update new releases. Use the command below for this
   ln -s apache-maven-3.0.4/ apache-maven
   
6. Set the environment variable, open /etc/environment file
   sudo vi /etc/environment
7. Append the following to the file
   PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/manohar/softwares/apache-maven/bin"
   JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06
   M2_HOME=/home/manohar/softwares/apache-maven
   MAVEN_HOME=/home/manohar/softwares/apache-maven
   M2_HOME=/home/manohar/softwares/apache-maven
   
8. Log out and login again to see the effect.
9. Test maven installation using the command
   mvn -version