Where is mvn.exe when using embedded maven 3 in eclipse indigo?

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MrDrews picture MrDrews · Jul 22, 2011 · Viewed 13.7k times · Source

I'm using the Indigo Release of eclipse. When I check Window -> Preferences, Maven -> Installations, it confirms that it's using the Embedded (3.0.2/...) installation of Maven.

I want to be able to run maven commands from the command line (Windows Powershell), but when I type, e.g., 

PS C:\> mvn

no executable is found. I did a search for "mvn.exe" and found no results.

I suppose I could install a stand-alone version of Maven 3 and add that to my PATH, but I'd prefer to be using the same Maven installation for command line tasks as well as IDE (eclipse) tasks.

So, where is the embedded maven's mvn.exe hiding?

Answer

khmarbaise picture khmarbaise · Jul 22, 2011

The simple answer is, cause it's embedded in Eclipse so you can't call it from console. If you like to do this you have to install Maven yourself.

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