1- Download Maven binaries from Maven Download Page . 2- add the invironment variables M2_HOME and also append the PATH $ cd $HOME $ vi .bash_profile #Add below lines in the profile export M2_HOME=/Users/yourname/apache-maven-3.2.1 export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin #save and quit $ source .bash_profile that's it ...test it now ;) $ mvn --version