Glen Peterson created MNGSITE-508:
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Summary: Maven Install Instructions could set an alias instead of
altering the path on Unix-based OS's
Key: MNGSITE-508
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNGSITE-508
Project: Maven Project Web Site
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Glen Peterson
At the bottom of this page:
[https://maven.apache.org/install.html]
It suggests adding to PATH:
{code:java}
export PATH=/opt/apache-maven-3.9.0/bin:$PATH{code}
I'm only familiar with Linux, but is it really necessary to make mvn the first
thing on the path? I'd suggest instead:
{code:java}
# in ~/.profile
export MVN_HOME=/opt/apache-maven-3.9.0/bin{code}
and
{code:java}
# in ~/.bash_aliases
alias mvn='$MVN_HOME/bin/mvn'{code}
This should have a very similar effect for CLI usage but not force every bash
command to search the mvn bin directory before any other directories.
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