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Downloading Maven

You can download Maven from the Apache Maven project web site by going to http://maven.apache.org/download.html.

When downloading Maven, make sure you choose the latest version of Apache Maven from the web site. The latest version of Maven at the time of this writing is Maven 2.0.9. If you are not familiar with the Apache Software License, you should get acquainted with the terms of the license before you start using the product. More information on the Apache Software License can be found in About the Apache Software License,â later in this chapter.

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