How do I setup VSCODE to create Maven projects?

Question

I recently installed Visual Studio Code and am now trying to create a Maven project. When I first tried to create a Maven project, I received an error about the JAVA_HOME setting, so I fixed that. Next I received an error saying it couldn't find an executable or script file in the Maven > Executable: Path folder. I disabled the setting named Maven > Executable: Prefer Maven Wrapper, and then I changed found the mvnw.cmd file and added the path to that folder to my settings (shown below):

C:\Users\user1\.vscode\extensions\vscjava.vscode-maven-0.21.4\resources\maven-wrapper

Now when I try to create the Maven project, I just get the following in TERMINAL window and no project is created:

>> cd "c:\Users\user1\Documents\Bidi\Source\Maven"
>> & "C:\Users\user1\.vscode\extensions\vscjava.vscode-maven-0.21.4\resources\maven-wrapper\" org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.1.2:generate -DarchetypeArtifactId="maven-archetype-quickstart" -DarchetypeGroupId="org.apache.maven.archetypes" -DarchetypeVersion="1.4"
>> "

Has anyone seen this problem and figured out how to fix it?

Solution 1

I was finally able to resolve the issue. After looking at Microsoft's troubleshooting page on GitHub here (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-maven/blob/master/Troubleshooting.md), I searched for folders containing "apache-maven". I was then able to find the folder with the mvn file. I then entered the full path, including the file name in the maven.executable.path property and it worked. The full path was like this:

C:\Users\user1\.m2\wrapper\dists\apache-maven-3.6.3-bin\abc123abc123abc123XX\apache-maven-3.6.3\bin\mvn

Solution 2

Step 1 - Verify Java Installation on your Machine Open console and execute the following java command.

OS Task Command -Windows Open Command Console c:> java -version -Linux Open Command Terminal $ java -version -Mac Open Terminal machine:~ joseph$ java -version Let's verify the output for all the operating systems −

If you do not have Java installed, install the Java Software Development Kit (SDK) from https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. We are assuming Java 1.7.0.60 as installed version for this tutorial.

Step 2 - Set JAVA Environment Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the base directory location where Java is installed on your machine. For example −

OS Output Windows Set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_60 Linux export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java-current Mac export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home Append Java compiler location to System Path.

Verify Java Installation using java -version command as explained above.

Step 3 - Download Maven Archive Download Maven 2.2.1 from https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi.

OS Archive name Windows apache-maven-3.3.1-bin.zip Linux apache-maven-3.3.1-bin.tar.gz

Step 4 - Extract the Maven Archive Extract the archive, to the directory you wish to install Maven 3.3.1. The subdirectory apache-maven-3.3.1 will be created from the archive.

OS Location (can be different based on your installation) Windows C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.3.1 Linux /usr/local/apache-maven

Step 5 - Set Maven Environment Variables Add M2_HOME, M2, MAVEN_OPTS to environment variables.

OS Output Windows Set the environment variables using system properties.

M2_HOME=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.3.1 M2=%M2_HOME%\bin MAVEN_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx512m

Linux
Open command terminal and set environment variables.

export M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven/apache-maven-3.3.1 export M2=$M2_HOME/bin

export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx512m

export M2=$M2_HOME/bin

export MAVEN_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx512m

Step 6 - Add Maven bin Directory Location to System Path Now append M2 variable to System Path.

OS Output Windows Append the string ;%M2% to the end of the system variable, Path. Linux export PATH=$M2:$PATH Mac export PATH=$M2:$PATH

Step 7 - Verify Maven Installation Now open console and execute the following mvn command.

OS Task Command Windows Open Command Console c:> mvn --version Linux Open Command Terminal $ mvn --version

Finally, verify the output of the above commands, which should be as follows −