Re: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread ecki
Hello Ron, As far as I understand it maven uses MAVEN_HOME internally. However it will deduce and then overwrite the value based on the scripts execution path. So it can be pretty confusing when the PATH finds one version and you MAVEN_HOME points to another. If both agree, then there is no

Re: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread Karl Heinz Marbaise
Hi, first dont use "maven --version" as command cause maven will be called by: "mvn --version" instead... Furthermore you should not use MAVEN_HOME environment variable...only add the bin folder of the distribution (apache-maven-3.3.3/bin) to the PATH of your windows system Don't

[ANN] Apache Maven Shared Component: Maven Shared Utils Version 3.0.0 Released

2015-10-15 Thread Karl Heinz Marbaise
The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Shared Component: Maven Shared Utils Version 3.0.0. This project aims to be a functional replacement for plexus-utils in Maven. It is not a 100% API compatible replacement though but a replacement with improvements: lots

Re: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread Ron Wheeler
I think that we have been using Maven since 2007-2008 and it has not caused a problem but I was wondering if we had just been lucky. We almost always use it from inside Eclipse/STS so that adds a layer of protection (or obscurity). In the Eclipse preferences, we do override the Eclipse built-in

Re: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread Ron Wheeler
I have always used MAVEN_HOME and added it to the path. When I switch Maven versions it is easier to find the Environment variable rather than looking through several hundred characters in PATH. Same for all of the other software. Makes PATH a lot shorter and easier to read. Any reason why you

Re: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread Dan Tran
Hi Christopher better to follow Karl Heinz advice, than downgrade. If you still see the issue, ping this list. I have maven 3.3.x running for months smoothly -Dan On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Cai Black wrote: > Thanks to everyone. > > Downgrading to Maven

RE: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread Cai Black
Thanks to everyone. Downgrading to Maven 3.2.5 resolved the issue. Christopher (Cai) Black Mgr. Software Development RigNet 1880 S. Dairy Ashford, Suite 300 | Houston, TX  77077- 4760 | USA Tel: +1.281.674.0717 | Mobile: +1.832.439.8134 | Fax: +1.281.674.0101 Email: christopher.bl...@rig.net

RE: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread Cai Black
[RESOLVED] OK, so, apparently this is an issue with Maven 3.3.3, and when I downgraded to Maven 3.2.5, everything worked as expected. Christopher (Cai) Black Mgr. Software Development RigNet 1880 S. Dairy Ashford, Suite 300 | Houston, TX 77077- 4760 | USA Tel: +1.281.674.0717 | Mobile:

RE: Cannot seem to install Maven on Windows 7 64-bit

2015-10-15 Thread aalok singhvi
I have 3.1.1 also working. On Oct 15, 2015 3:45 PM, "Cai Black" wrote: > [RESOLVED] OK, so, apparently this is an issue with Maven 3.3.3, and when > I downgraded to Maven 3.2.5, everything worked as expected. > > Christopher (Cai) Black > Mgr. Software Development > >