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Notes on Setting up AndroMDA build environment on Windows

This tutorial show you how to set up AndroMDA build environment on Windows

Set up JDK and JAVA_HOME

Windows 2000/XP

1. Unzip the distribution archive, i.e. apache-maven-2.0.9-bin.zip to the directory you wish to install Maven 2.0.9. These instructions assume you chose "C:Program FilesApache Software Foundation" . The subdirectory apache-maven-2.0.9 will be created from the archive.
2. Add the M2_HOME environment variable by opening up the system properties (WinKey + Pause), selecting the “Advanced” tab, and the “Environment Variables” button, then adding the M2_HOME variable in the user variables with the value "C:Program FilesApache Software Foundationapache-maven-2.0.9" . Note : for Maven < 2.0.9, be sure that the M2_HOME doesn’t have a ” as last character.
3. In the same dialog, add the M2 environment variable in the user variables with the value "%M2_HOME%bin" .
4. Optional : in the same dialog, add the MAVEN_OPTS environment variable in the user variables to specify JVM properties, e.g. the value "-Xms256m -Xmx512m" . This environment variable can be used to supply extra options to Maven.
5. In the same dialog, update/create the Path environment variable in the user variables with the value "%M2%;%Path%" to add maven available in the command line.
6. In the same dialog, make sure that JAVA_HOME exists in your user variables or in the system variables and it is set to the location of your JDK, e.g. "C:Program FilesJavajdk1.5.0_02" and that "%JAVA_HOME%bin" is in your Path environment variable.
7. Open a new command prompt (Winkey + R then type "cmd" ) and run "mvn --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.