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saurav
saurav

Reputation: 5926

mvn command is not recognized as an internal or external command

I am getting the mvn command not recognized as an internal or external command.

I have setup the M2_HOME, JAVA_HOME and added %M2_HOME%/bin to the path variable. All are system variables. Still getting the same problem.

Echoing the variables showing me the correct paths.

Path to Maven: C:\apache-maven-3.1.0\apache-maven-3.1.0

M2_HOME:C:\apache-maven-3.1.0\apache-maven-3.1.0

PATH: Other things,C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_40\bin,C:\apache-maven-3.1.0\apache-maven-3.1.0\bin

and I have restarted my computer twice.

Upvotes: 104

Views: 606178

Answers (30)

Jay
Jay

Reputation: 11

This is still helpful in late 2024 and early 2025 I was overlooking the restart after adding the M2 and M2_HOME variables.

Command Prompt was able was able to find the maven version and path without the two variables but git bash and power shell were having issues in VS Code.

The restart cured this after adding the variables.

Upvotes: 0

carlspring
carlspring

Reputation: 32607

Restart your machine, after setting up your M2_HOME (pointing to your Maven basedir, NOT the bin dir) and PATH (PATH=%M2_HOME%\bin;%PATH%).

Then do:

dir "%M2_HOME%\bin\mvn*

If there is a .bat file, it should work under Windows, as it appears to be finding it. If there isn't one, then your paths are not right and you need to make sure your %PATH% variable really points to the correct path to Maven.

Make sure you are using the proper slashes for your OS. Under Windows they're \.

Upvotes: 43

Wiatrak
Wiatrak

Reputation: 19

If you working with Jenkins and any solutions don't work, try it:

  1. Run cmd.exe
  2. Type mvn
  3. If you will see "'mvn' is not recognized as an internal or external command" - try earlier solutions.
  4. But if maven shows any statements...
  5. Type PATH and press Enter
  6. Check if the path to maven is visible in PATH value.
  7. If path to maven is visible - I have no idea :-)
  8. But if path to maven is not visible...
  9. Probably PATH value is to long.
  10. Open My Computer >> Properties >> Advanced system settings >> System Properties (System properties - not User Properties)
  11. Try to shorten PATH - remove duplications, use indirect variables - %...% etc.
  12. Move up "M2_HOME" variable or full maven path to be closer to the beginning of the PATH.
  13. Save PATH etc.
  14. Close cmd.exe window, and open new.
  15. Type PATH and press Enter
  16. If path to maven is not visible go to step 9.
  17. If path to maven is visible - try run your project in Jenkins. I hope it will work :-)

Upvotes: 0

Sandeep Nehte
Sandeep Nehte

Reputation: 1456

Right click on My Computer >> Properties >> Advanced system settings >> System Properties window will get displayed Under Advanced >> Environment Variables

Click on New to set Environment Variables

Variable name: JAVA_HOME Variable value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121

Variable name: M2 Variable value: %M2_HOME%\bin

Variable name: M2_HOME Variable value: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.5.0

Variable name: Path Variable value: %M2_HOME%\bin

Then click on Ok, ok, ok. Now restart you command prompt and check again with “mvn --version” to verify the mvn is running, you may restart your system also.

It should be working now.

Upvotes: 101

Kaji Rafiqul Islam
Kaji Rafiqul Islam

Reputation: 107

Step 1: Just add below in system veriable (change version accordingly)

C:\apache-maven-3.8.6\bin

Step 2: Restart system

Step 3: Check maven version cmd -> mvn -v

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Upvotes: 0

Pooja G
Pooja G

Reputation: 51

Adding environment variables from command prompt or windows powershell worked for me. I was able to verify the environment variables present using "set" command in command prompt.

Upvotes: 0

Ria Thapa
Ria Thapa

Reputation: 1

Yeah so, for me, I fixed it by setting up the M2 variable. MAVEN_HOME, JAVA_HOME and M2_HOME we set up with their paths, but the command, "mvn -verison" was still showing the error. So I inserted one more variable, named, "M2" and then set the path of the maven folder (not the bin of the same) and ran the command in cmd. It worked.

Upvotes: 0

Sneha Jajoo
Sneha Jajoo

Reputation: 11

I tried all way finally below step solved the issue .

In the downloaded zip there is file README , in that its mention that for windows

set PATH="c:\program files\apache-maven-3.x.y\bin";%PATH%

create new PATH variable and assign first maven then %PATH%

it worked out for me .

Try It once

Upvotes: 1

Jeff Tian
Jeff Tian

Reputation: 5893

The existing answers are too complicated. I just fixed the same issue by

scoop install maven

That requires you install scoop the package manager for Windows in the first place.

However I recommend you install the scoop so that everything becomes easy.

Upvotes: 0

jaihind
jaihind

Reputation: 1130

I also faced the issue. But the problem I faced was due to the location name where the maven was stored on system. The path did contain spaces due to which system was not able to reach the path leading to this issue. The issue got resolved for me when I moved the maven to a location which did not contain any spaces.

Upvotes: 0

juan_carlos_yl
juan_carlos_yl

Reputation: 720

If you've already set the JAVA_HOME and M2_HOME (or MAVEN_HOME in my case) environment variables and added the \bin folder to the Path environment variable and still not working, then this solution could be for you.

Make sure that you have set your variables in the right order, your %JAVA_HOME%\bin folder should be added before the %MAVEN_HOME%\bin just like the shown image

right order of env variables

wrong order of env variables

Upvotes: 6

Vishal Hadawale
Vishal Hadawale

Reputation: 91

Windows 10 -

  1. Add new variable "M2_HOME" -

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  1. Update variable "path" - enter image description here

  2. Verify on cmd - enter image description here

Upvotes: 6

Akash Yellappa
Akash Yellappa

Reputation: 2314

For Windows you need to do the following:

  1. Windows and type env

  2. Open the edit environment panel

  3. Click Environment Variables

  4. In the system variables section, double click Path

  5. In the dialog, create a System Variable under Path like below ->

    MVN_HOME: C:\Users<username>\Documents\Project\Software\apache-maven-3.6.3\bin

  6. Open a new command prompt and hit mvn, you should be able to now.

Upvotes: 0

Eleanor McArthur
Eleanor McArthur

Reputation: 31

I have a stupid comment but someone else will have that issue. I was getting that same error when I was trying to put in ./mvnw clean package and I found out that I had to change it a bit to .\mvnw clean packageand I lived happily ever after.

Upvotes: 3

Ashwini
Ashwini

Reputation: 851

I also was facing with the same issue still after adding path in environment variable and running it as a normal user in command prompt.

Then I opened command prompt and tried running as "Run as Administrator" and I was able to download all the packages with respect to the project.

Upvotes: 6

shuchita khurana
shuchita khurana

Reputation: 191

For me it was not working since I was editing Path variable in "User variable" and adding it under "System variable" made it work. Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 0

Abhishek
Abhishek

Reputation: 91

One most important and often overlooked aspect is the %MAVEN_HOME%\bin or %M2_HOME%\bin should be the first thing in the %PATH% environment variable.

Upvotes: 1

Tarun Mukherjee
Tarun Mukherjee

Reputation: 11

Try setting the path of maven first through command prompt.

setpath.bat Open the cmd from the base window of the batch file.

The rest maven commands can be used once path is set through cmd.

Upvotes: 1

Rajesh2389
Rajesh2389

Reputation: 379

I'm using Maven 3+ version. In my case everything was fine. But while adding the M2_HOME along with bin directory, I missed the '\' at the end. Previously it was like: %M2_HOME%\bin , which was throwing the mvn not recognizable error. After adding "\" at the end, mvn started working fine. I guess "\" acts as pointer to next folder. "%M2_HOME%\bin\" Should work, if you missed it.

Upvotes: 1

constant283
constant283

Reputation: 61

I faced similar problems. The article that helped me solve similar issues is by MKyong and is here: ****https://www.mkyong.com/maven/how-to-install-maven-in-windows/**** It is very important to include in maven's path the file that contains the 'bin','boot', 'conf', 'lib' etc. file folders. For example, in my case, the correct path is: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\maven\apache-maven-3.5.0-bin\apache-maven-3.5.0

Upvotes: 0

Basil Baligumya
Basil Baligumya

Reputation: 11

I had the same problem. But just restarting my computer after setting up the Maven path resolved the issue.

Variable Name: M2_Home Variable Value:C:\Apache\apache-maven-3.3.9

Variable Name: Path Variable Value:C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;%JAVA_HOME%\bin\;%M2_HOME%\bin\

Upvotes: 0

Piyush
Piyush

Reputation: 66

I faced this problem which kept me busy and buggy for quiet sometime. I was facing the problem (mvn not recognized) after setting up all required environment variables absolutely correctly. So by going by one of the response here, I switched to another version of maven and that fixed the problem.

Not being completely convinced why it worked this way, I then unzipped the problematic-version and updated env-vars which made it work.

The problem was when I initially extracted file from the zip, I modified the directory structure a bit. When you extract the zip, say apache-maven-X.x.x-bin.zip, it creates the folder structure as - "apache-maven-3.5.0-bin\apache-maven-3.5.0..."

In my first attempt I had modified this structure by deleting apache-maven-3.5.0-bin folder and bringing apache-maven-3.5.0 structure one folder up. This was causing the problem.

Upvotes: 2

Cenk
Cenk

Reputation: 661

This is worked for me:

1-download apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz file from https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

2-copy the folder under c:\programfiles

3-set variables as this: M2_HOME ----- C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.3.9 M2 ----- C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.3.9

add Path variable to this: ;C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.3.9\bin

then run the cmd as system admin

it worked.

Upvotes: 21

vj_time
vj_time

Reputation: 21

You have written three paths above. The first path (path to maven) should be pointing to the bin directory.

Path to Maven: C:\apache-maven-3.1.0\apache-maven-3.1.0\bin;

Below are right. Above path should be corrected.

M2_HOME:C:\apache-maven-3.1.0\apache-maven-3.1.0;

PATH: Other things,C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_40\bin,C:\apache-maven-3.1.0\apache-maven-3.1.0\bin;

Upvotes: -3

java_dev
java_dev

Reputation: 125

Open Command prompt As "Run As a administrator" and try.

Upvotes: 4

Gut Feeling
Gut Feeling

Reputation: 89

I had this same error but my problem was I had the following:

M2_HOME = C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-2.2.1;

Which meant my PATH = %M2_HOME%\bin; (etc)

...became C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-2.2.1;\bin

i.e. a semicolon was where it shouldn't be.

Which I discovered because Michael Ferry suggested using 'ECHO %PATH%' to see what the actual PATH output was.

Upvotes: 0

Xmac
Xmac

Reputation: 63

In your Environement variable :

new system variable:

M2_HOME Your mvn directroy "C:\......\bin"

new user variable:

M2 %M2_HOME%

edit the CLASSPATH by adding %M2%

finally open the cmd and write

path=%CLASSPATH%

enjoy

Upvotes: 0

Jeff Penner
Jeff Penner

Reputation: 421

Write the entire maven path into the Environment PATH variable.

Example:

C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.2.3\bin;

My PATH variable wasn't reading %M2% or %M2_HOME%\bin properly, and therefore I wrote the full path into the PATH variable.

Working.

Upvotes: 32

Vivek Shukla
Vivek Shukla

Reputation: 741

  1. Try with echo %path% , if this option doesn't show your M2_HOME and others variable values as directory path, then create a new environment variable lets say PATH, and assign like below: 

    PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%M2_HOME%\bin

  2. Add this in variable path=.....;%PATH%

  3. Now open a new cmd, and try to echo %path%
    it will show all thh system path

Now you can check mvn -version it will solve the problem , if not try to restart the system

P.S. as per doc, you should expend your zip distribution in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation. But ideally it doen't matter

Upvotes: 1

Michael Ferry
Michael Ferry

Reputation: 51

Are you trying to reference a user variable in system variables? Try echo %path% and the M2 should have been fully expanded to show the file path to your Maven directory. If it hasn't, then that's the problem.

To fix it, you should create a user variable called PATH and add your %M2% reference into there.

Upvotes: 5

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