AFAIK maven does not have an installer for Windows, you simply unzip it wherever you like, as explained here. However in many places there are references to a .m2 folder under the user …

Oct 7, 2015 · It's perfectly safe to delete the folder .m2/repository as maven will re-download all the needed dependencies when needed except for your local projects. It there any other folder …

Jul 1, 2016 · Will the .m2 folder be created automatically by Maven, or do you need to create it manually? What does the .m2/repository, contain and from where does it come?

Jul 28, 2020 · what is .m2 folder, how can I configure it if I have two repos with two different projects [closed] Asked 5 years, 4 months ago Modified 1 year, 4 months ago Viewed 43k times

May 26, 2020 · For more details on local Repository you can read Introduction to Repositories Since you have not shared what you have modified within settings.xml, hope you have …

May 20, 2013 · I am using Maven 3.0, and my .m2 folder location is C:\\Users\\me\\.m2. However, I do not have write access to that folder, but I want to change the repository location from the …

Jun 30, 2014 · I cant seem to find the local .m2 folder on Mac OS X mavericks. Ideally it should be at {user.home}/.m2 but I cant seem to find it. Should I create it?

Nov 27, 2015 · Learn how to change the default Maven repository folder location on Windows with simple instructions.

Jun 6, 2020 · The .m2 folder holds Maven configuration files and a copy of every artifact you ever downloaded. You can typically delete the .m2/repository folder if you need the disk space.

Oct 11, 2013 · I have too many files in .m2 folder where maven stores downloaded dependencies. Is there a way to clean all old dependencies? For example, if there is a dependency with 3 …