Have you looked at any of the Maven docs, for example, the maven install plugin docs?
Nutshell version: it will build the project and install it in your local repository.
mvn install primary jobs are to 1)Download The Dependencies and 2)Build The Project
while job 1 is nowadays taken care by IDs like intellij (they download for any dependency at POM)
mvn install is majorly now used for job 2.
The install:install
goal is provided by «Apache Maven Install Plugin»:
Apache Maven Install Plugin
The Install Plugin is used during the install phase to add artifact(s) to the local repository. The Install Plugin uses the information in the POM (
groupId
,artifactId
,version
) to determine the proper location for the artifact within the local repository.The local repository is the local cache where all artifacts needed for the build are stored. By default, it is located within the user's home directory (
~/.m2/repository
) but the location can be configured in~/.m2/settings.xml
using the<localRepository>
element.
Having said that, the exact goal purpose:
install:install
is used to automatically install the project's main artifact (the JAR, WAR or EAR), its POM and any attached artifacts (sources, javadoc, etc) produced by a particular project.
For additional details on the goal, please refer to the Apache Maven Install Plugin - install:install page.
For additional details on the build lifecycle in general and on which place the goal has in the build lifecycle, please refer to the Maven – Introduction to the Build Lifecycle page.
-DskipTests=true
is short form of -Dmaven.test.skip=true
Make changes in Setting.xml in your .m2 folder. You can use link to local repo so that the jars once downlaoded should not be downloaded again and again.
<url>file://C:/Users/admin/.m2/repository</url>
</repository>
It will run all goals of all configured plugins associated with any phase of the default lifecycle up to the "install" phase:
https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html#Lifecycle_Reference
At any stage of maven build life cycle, all the previous goals are performed.
Ex: mvn install will invoke mvn validate, mvn compile, mvn test, mvn package etc.
Short answer
mvn install
- adds all artifact (dependencies) specified in pom, to the local repository (from remote sources).
It's important to point out that install
and install:install
are different things, install
is a phase, in which maven do more than just install current project modules artifacs to local repository, it check remote repository first. On the other hand, install:install
is a goal, it just build your current project and install all it's artifacts to local repository (e.g. into the .m2
directory).
Source: Stackoverflow.com