Install and configure JAVA + MAVEN in Ubuntu 14.04
It's pretty easy to install and configure JAVA + MAVEN in Ubuntu 14.04 following these steps: 1. Install OpenJDK 7: $ sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jdk Check the installed java: $ java -version It will show something like: java version "1.7.0_51" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.4.6) (7u51-2.4.6-1ubuntu4) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode) 2. Configure JAVA_HOME environment variable: Open the /etc/environment file: $ sudo nano /etc/environment $ source /etc/environment Add this line: JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64" Open ~/.bashrc : $ sudo nano ~/.bashrc Add these lines to the end of the file: export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH $ source ~/.bashrc 3. Install Maven: $ sudo apt-get install maven Check the installed maven's version: $ mvn -version It will show someth...