2) Download maven

http://maven.apache.org/

http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

Maven 3.3.3 (Binary tar.gz)

Maven 3.3.3 (Binary Zip)

Maven 3.3.3 (Source tar.gz)

Maven 3.3.3 (Source Zip)

Note: The specific version is subject to the official website.

The difference between these several packages:

 installing Maven----------------1) Unpack the archive where you would like to store the binaries, eg:unix-based operating systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X) tar zxvf apache-maven-3.x.y.tar.gz Windows unzip apache-maven-3.x.y.zip2) A directory called "Apache-maven-3.x.y" wi ll be Created.3) Add the bin directory to your PATH, eg:unix-based operating systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X) export Path=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.x.y/bin: $PATH Windows set path= "C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.x.y\bin";%path%4) Make sure Java_home are set to the location of your JDK5) Run "MVN--version" to verify that it's correctly INSTALLED.

--Excerpt from "README.txt"

So the difference is obvious:

. tar.gz for Linux

. zip for Windows

Another src.zip is the source code

. zip is an installation package

2) Download maven