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

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How to use the mvn command: Apache Maven: build and manage Java-based projects. More information: <https://manned.org/mvn>.

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 ...}}"

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

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