[windows] Maven: mvn command not found

I set the following system veriables (OS = Vista):

M2_HOME = C:\Program Files\Maven 
M2 = %M2_HOME%\bin 
path = %M2% 

If i run mvn -- version I get:

mvn: command not found

Anyone have any idea why this could be? Thanks.

I tried solutions from other threads. Adding M2 and M2_HOME at System variables, and even at User variables. Running cmd as admin. None of the methods worked.

But today I added entire path to maven bin to my System variables "PATH" (C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.1.0\bin) besides other paths, and so far it's working good. Hopefully it'll stay that way.

I think the problem is with the spaces. I had my variable at the System variables but it didn't work. When I changed variable Progra~1 = 'Program Files' everything works fine.

M2_HOME C:\Progra~1\Maven\apache-maven-3.1.1

I also moved my M2_HOME at the end of the PATH(%M2_HOME%\bin) I'm not sure if this has any difference.

Maven setup:

a. install maven from https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

b. unzip maven and keep in C drive.

c. Set MAVEN_HOME in system variable.

d. Set path for maven

1. Run 'path' in command prompt and ensure that the maven installation directory is listed.
2. Ensure the maven is installed in 'C:\Program Files\Maven'.

mvn -version

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/apache-maven-3.6.0/bin

I followed this tutorial: How to install Maven on Windows

But running mvn -version, I still got:

mvn: command not found

So, I closed the current git window, and opened a new one. Everything went okay :)

I think the tutorial passed by @emdhie will help a lot. How install maven

But, i followed and still getting mvn: command not found

I found this solution to know what was wrong in my configuration:

I opened the command line and called this command:

../apache-maven-3.5.3/bin/mvn --version

After that i got the correct JAVA_HOME and saw that my JAVA_HOME was wrong.

Hope this helps.