1) Apache Maven 's README.txt

Apache Maven

What is it?
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Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. 
Based on the concept of a Project Object Model (POM), 
Maven can manage a project‘s build, 
reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.


Documentation
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The most up-to-date documentation can be found at http://maven.apache.org/.


Release Notes
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The full list of changes can be found at http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html.


System Requirements
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JDK: 1.6 or above (this is to execute Maven - it still allows you to build against 1.3 and prior JDK‘s).

Memory: No minimum requirement.

Disk: Approximately 10MB is required for the Maven installation itself. 
In addition to that,additional disk space will be used for your local Maven repository. 
The size of your local repository will vary depending on usage but expect at least 500MB.
Operating System:No minimum requirement.

Start up scripts are included as shell scripts and Windows batch files.

Installing Maven
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1) Unpack the archive where you would like to store the binaries, eg:

Unix-based operating systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
 tar zxvf apache-maven-3.x.y.tar.gz
    
Windows
 unzip apache-maven-3.x.y.zip

2) A directory called "apache-maven-3.x.y" will be created.
3) Add the bin directory to your PATH, eg:

Unix-based operating systems (Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X)
 export PATH=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.x.y/bin:$PATH
    
Windows
 set PATH="c:\program files\apache-maven-3.x.y\bin";%PATH%

4) Make sure JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK
5) Run "mvn --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.

For complete documentation, see http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation

Licensing
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Please see the file called LICENSE.

Maven URLS
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Home Page:               http://maven.apache.org/
Downloads:               http://maven.apache.org/download.html
Release Notes:           http://maven.apache.org/release-notes.html
Mailing Lists:           http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html
Source Code:             https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/maven.git/apache-maven
Issue Tracking:          http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG
Wiki:                    https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/
Available Plugins:       http://maven.apache.org/plugins/index.html