==== Installing Maven Integration for Eclipse ==== * In Eclipse go to "Help / Install new Software.." menu. * Add a new Software Site by clicking to "Add.." * Name: Maven Integration for Eclipse * Location: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases/ * Select this new Software Site in the "Work With" drop-down box. * Install the last version (1.2.0.\*) of the **m2e** software: *Maven Integration for Eclipse* and *slf4j over logback logging*. ==== Checking out the Bee project from SVN ==== Checking out or updating the Bee project from SVN into Eclipse (*svn.code.sf.net/p/screeningbee/code/trunk/bee*), should be enough to have an Eclipse "Maven-aware" project, since the *.project* and *.classpath* Eclipse configuration files have also been committed to the SVN. ==== Using Maven from Eclipse ==== * Add the M2_REPO classpath variable by going to "Window / Preferences / Java / Build Path / Classpath Variables": ''e.g.: M2_REPO = /home/pujadas/.m2/repository'' * Run Maven commands by selecting the *pom.xml* file, right-clicking on the mouse and: * Select *Run As*. That will make the different Maven commands available. * Select *Maven*. This menu can also be reached by selecting the project. ==== Installing Maven ==== It should not be necessary to have Maven installed to run the Maven Eclipse Plugin. - Download Maven 3.0.4 from http://maven.apache.org/download.html - Extract the downloaded file *apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz*: ''tar -zxvf apache-maven-3.0.4-bin.tar.gz'' - Install Maven by following the instructions in http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation ==== Documentation ==== * Apache Maven Documentation: [Getting Started in 5 Minutes](http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html) * Apache Maven Documentation: [Getting Started in 30 Minutes](http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html) * Maven by example (book) * [pdf](http://www.filibeto.org/~aduritz/truetrue/mvn/maven-by-example-0.7.pdf) * [online](http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnex-book/reference/public-book.html)