tldr/pages/common/mvn.md

mvn

Apache Maven: build and manage Java-based projects. More information: https://manned.org/mvn.

• Compile a project:

mvn compile

• Compile and package the compiled code in its distributable format, such as a jar:

mvn package

• Compile and package, skipping unit tests:

mvn package {{[-D|--define]}} skipTests

• Install the built package in local maven repository. (This will invoke the compile and package commands too):

mvn install

• Delete build artifacts from the target directory:

mvn clean

• Do a clean and then invoke the package phase:

mvn clean package

• Clean and then package the code with a given build profile:

mvn clean {{[-P|--activate-profiles]}} {{profile}} package

• Run a class with a main method:

mvn exec:java {{[-D|--define]}} exec.mainClass="{{com.example.Main}}" {{[-D|--define]}} exec.args="{{argument1 argument2 ...}}"