[FIXED] MAVEN_HOME, MVN_HOME or M2_HOME

Issue

What's the correct Maven environment variable name: MAVEN_HOME, MVN_HOME or M2_HOME?

I've found some details about MAVEN_HOME and M2_HOME href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17136324/what-is-the-difference-between-m2-home-and-maven-home">here. But I also have seen MVN_HOME around.

Solution

I've personally never found it useful to set M2_HOME.

What counts is your $PATH environment. Hijacking part of the answer from Danix, all you need is:

export PATH=/Users/xxx/sdk/apache-maven-3.0.5/bin:$PATH

The mvn script computes M2_HOME for you anyway for what it's worth.

Answered By - Steve C
Answer Checked By - David Marino (JavaFixing Volunteer)