Apache Maven Cookbook

Changing the location of the Maven repository

There are three types of Maven repositories:

• Local: This is the repository in your computer filesystem
• Remote: This is the repository from where the required Maven files get downloaded
• Mirrors: These are repository managers, such as Nexus and Artifactory, that mirror various repositories

You will have seen Maven downloading a number of files (called poms and jars). Let us see where they are located in your computer:

• Go to your HOME folder (C:\Users\username) in the case of Microsoft Windows, /Users/username for Mac, and, /home/username (or a similar location) for Linux
• You will notice the .m2 folder and within that, a subfolder called repository

  Tip

  Any folder that starts with a dot (.) is typically hidden ...