mvn command not found in OSX Mavericks

Try following these if these might help:

Since your installation works on the terminal you installed, all the exports you did, work on the current bash and its child process. but is not spawned to new terminals.

env variables are lost if the session is closed; using .bash_profile, you can make it available in all sessions, since when a bash session starts, it 'runs' its .bashrc and .bash_profile

Now follow these steps and see if it helps:

type env | grep M2_HOME on the terminal that is working. This should give something like M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-3.1.1 typing env | grep JAVA_HOME should give like this: JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home

Now you have the PATH for M2_HOME and JAVA_HOME.

If you just do ls /usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-3.1.1/bin, you will see mvn binary there. All you have to do now is to point to this location everytime using PATH. since bash searches in all the directory path mentioned in PATH, it will find mvn.

now open .bash_profile, if you dont have one just create one vi ~/.bash_profile

Add the following:

#set JAVA_HOME
JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home
export JAVA_HOME


M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-3.1.1
export M2_HOME

PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$M2_HOME/bin
export PATH

save the file and type source ~/.bash_profile. This steps executes the commands in the .bash_profile file and you are good to go now. open a new terminal and type mvn that should work.

Solutions above are good but they require ~/.bash_profile. /usr/local/bin is already in the $PATH and it can be confirmed by doing echo $PATH. Download maven and run the following commands -

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ tar xvf apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.tar.gz
$ mv apache-maven-3.5.3 /usr/local/
$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ sudo ln -s ../apache-maven-3.5.3/bin/mvn mvn
$ mvn -version
$ which mvn

Note: The version of apache maven would be the one you will download.

Here is what worked for me.

First of all I checked if M2_HOME variable is set env | grep M2_HOME. I've got nothing.

I knew I had Maven installed in the folder "/usr/local/apache-maven-3.2.2", so executing the following 3 steps solved the problem for me:

Set M2_HOME env variable

M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.2.2

Set M2 env variable

M2=$M2_HOME/bin

Update the PATH

export PATH=$M2:$PATH

As mentioned above you can save that sequence in the .bash_profile file if you want it to be executed automatically.

I got same problem, I tried all above, nothing solved my problem. Luckily, I solved the problem this way:

echo $SHELL

Output

/bin/zsh
OR 
/bin/bash

If it showing "bash" in output. You have to add env properties in .bashrc file (.bash_profile i did not tried, you can try) or else
It is showing 'zsh' in output. You have to add env properties in .zshrc file, if not exist already you create one no issue.

steps to install maven :

download the maven file from http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi $tar xvf apache-maven-3.5.4-bin.tar.gz copy the apache folder to desired place $cp -R apache-maven-3.5.4 /Users/locals go to apache directory $cd /Users/locals/apache-maven-3.5.4/ create .bash_profile $vim ~/.bash_profile write these two command : export M2_HOME=/Users/manisha/apache-maven-3.5.4 export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin 7 save and quit the vim :wq! restart the terminal and type mvn -version

The possible solution can be that maven is not installed in your mac system. Use this command to install maven:

brew install maven

And, to verify, that it is successfully installed, run this command:

mvn -v

If it returns you maven version, then maven is successfully installed in your system.

I followed brain storm's instructions and still wasn't getting different results - any new terminal windows would not recognize the mvn command. I don't know why, but breaking out the declarations in smaller chunks .bash_profile worked. As far as I can tell, I'm essentially doing the same thing he did. Here's what looks different in my .bash_profile:

JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_221.jdk/Contents/Home
export PATH JAVA_HOME
J2=$JAVA_HOME/bin
export PATH J2
M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-2.2.1
export PATH M2_HOME
M2=$M2_HOME/bin
export PATH M2

You probably have 2 types of shell instances. sh vs zsh. Both can have different path defined. Check your PATH environment variable by typing the below line in terminal

echo $PATH

To test you can change shell mode -

sh to zsh -> type zsh and press enter in terminal (notice $ changes to %)

zsh to sh -> type sh/bash and press enter in terminal (notice % changes to $)

In Both shell modes check for PATH env. Make both same, or append path from other as needed.

Commands running in 1 shell and not in other would be sorted.