Installing apache-maven-3.5.4-bin.zip (can't set file paths properly)

Question

I saw there are plenty of guides but I still can't seem to make it work.

• I downloaded from https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi the file apache-maven-3.5.4-bin.zip

• I placed it in C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.5.4

• JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-9.0.1

• M2_HOME=C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.5.4

• MAVEN_HOME=C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.5.4

I am still getting an error:

" 'mvn' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. "

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You need to add maven's bin folder to your PATH so it can find the mvn executable. I.e., add %MAVEN_HOME%\bin to the PATH variable, launch a new terminal, and you should be OK.