MVN not recognized as an internal or external command.

Statement - MVN not recognized as an internal or external command.

Environment :

                     - JRE 1.8

                     - Maven 3.5.3

                     - Windows 8.1 

Solution :

Step1 :

v  Install the JRE/SDK 1.8

v  Create the system Variable : (Right click on My Computer à Properties à Advanced system settings àSystem Properties window will get displayed àUnder Advanced à Environment VariablesàSystem VariableàNewàEnter the Variable name and Variable value)

o    Variable name = JAVA_HOME

o    Value =  C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_65(path depends on the drive in which java installed)

v  add the JAVA_HOME variable path in the system PATH variable

§  PATH = %JAVA_HOMOE%\bin

v  Go to the command prompt and validate the JDK version c:\java – version it must show the JDK version.

v  That’s it! ,Java installation is done successfully.

Step2:

v  Install the Maven software

v  Create the system Variable : (Right click on My Computer à Properties à Advanced system settings àSystem Properties window will get displayed àUnder Advanced à Environment VariablesàSystem VariableàNewàEnter the Variable name and Variable value)

o    Variable name = MAVEN_HOME

o    Variable Value =  D:\Maven_3_5_3\apache-maven-3.5.3-bin\apache-maven-3.5.3 (path depends on the drive in which maven installed)

v  add the MAVEN_HOME variable path in the system PATH variable

§  PATH = %MAVEN_HOMOE%\bin

v  Go to the command prompt and validate the Maven version c:\mvn – version it must show the MVN version.

v  That’s it!,  Maven installation is done successfully.

Observation – M2_HOME variable doesn’t work for the JRE 1.8 for windows 8.1, MAVEN_HOME variable only works!.