Apache Maven is an open-source build automation and project management tool primarily used for Java applications. It simplifies the development process by managing a project's build, reporting, and documentation from a single piece of information.
To install maven:
# apt install maven
Installing:
maven
Installing dependencies:
...
Showing version
$ mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.9.9
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 21.0.11, vendor: Debian, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "6.12.88+deb13-amd64", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
Go to your workspace, and run
$ mvn archetype:generate \
-DgroupId=com.dedetok.myapp \
-DartifactId=myapp \
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart \
-DarchetypeVersion=1.5 \
-DinteractiveMode=false
...
$ ls myapp
pom.xml src
DartifactId=myapp -> project root directory.
The main java code is ~/myapp/src/main/java/com/dedetok/myapp/App.java
package com.dedetok.myapp;
/**
* Hello world!
*/
public class App {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!");
}
}
To run the project using mvn, go to folder myapp, edit pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.dedetok</groupId>
<artifactId>myapp</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.13.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.6.3</version>
<configuration>
<mainClass>com.dedetok.myapp.App</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.4.2</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.dedetok.myapp.App</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
then run:
$ mvn package
Run your application
$ mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.dedetok.myapp.App"
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] --------------------------< com.dedetok:myap >--------------------------
[INFO] Building myap 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] from pom.xml
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- exec:3.6.3:java (default-cli) @ myap ---
Hello World!
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 8.265 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2026-05-24T14:59:08+07:00
[INFO] -----------------------------------------
