Maven Install on Mac OS X

OS X prior to Mavericks (10.9) actually comes with Maven 3 built in.

If you’re on OS X Lion, you won’t have java installed by default. Run java by itself and it’ll prompt you to install it.

Assuming qualifications are met, run mvn -version and see some output like this:

Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 12:31:09-0500)
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 1.6.0_29, vendor: Apple Inc.
Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.7.2", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

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