How to install Maven

Download

1. Go to the Apache Maven Project download site.  Scroll down until you reach the Maven 2.2.1 section and select either Maven 2.2.1 (Binary tar.gz) or Maven 2.2.1 (Binary zip).  Select a Mirror and save the downloaded file on your workstation.
   
2. Unzip/untar the binaries to a new folder (i.e. c:\maven\2.2.1).

Install and Configure

MAVEN_OPTS=-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/serverTrustStore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword="XXXXXXXX" -Xmx512m -Xms512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m

1. Verify the Maven installation by opening a CMD window and typying the command line: mvn --version.  If everything is correct, something similar to the following should be displayed:
   
   
   ${renderedContent}
   
   
2. If the Maven installation has been verified in the above step, then initialize Maven by typing the command line: mvn plugin::help.  Maven download will start and if everything download's correctly, something similar to the following should be displayed at the end of the download:
   
   
   ${renderedContent}
   
   
3. Finally, download the Maven settings.xml file to your ${user.home}/.m2 directory.
   
   Open the settings.xml file with a text editor.
   
   
   1. In the line:
      
      
      ${renderedContent}
      
      change the /path/to/oc4j/j2ee/home to the actual path to your OC4J installation j2ee/home directory.
      
      
   2. In the line:
      
      
      ${renderedContent}
      
      change the XXXXXXXX to a password of your choosing.  This is the password the is used to access the OC4J Admin Console.