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Add warning w.r.t Maven version present on debian-based distributions' repos failing to build our source
Last modified by Simon Urli on 2026/09/18 14:09
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Nicoleta Ciaușu created this Change Request with changes for Building XWiki from sources
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Thomas Mortagne added a new document comment
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Nicoleta Ciaușu added a new change for Building XWiki from sources
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Nicoleta Ciaușu added a new change for Building XWiki from sources
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Simon Urli added a new approval review
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... ... @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ 30 30 {{info}} 31 31 For more information on how to install Maven or how to use it check this [[excellent Maven book>>https://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/]]. 32 32 {{/info}} 33 + 34 +{{warning}} 35 +On Debian-based distributions, the Maven version that is shipped on the repositories has been found to fail when building. We recommend you install Maven directly from the [[project's website>>https://maven.apache.org/]]. This was discovered on Ubuntu 26.04, but others may be affected. 36 +{{/warning}} 33 33 ))) 34 34 * Make sure you give Maven's JVM enough memory. XWiki's build uses Aspects and GWT compilers which need lots of memory. A good value is to give the JVM 1024MB. To do that set an environment variable named ##MAVEN_OPTS##. For example on Unix add the following to your shell startup script (depending on your shell you might need to prefix the variable with ##export##):((( 35 35 {{code language="none"}}
Sep 18, 2026, 2:08:33 PM
Approved by Simon Urli
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Thomas Mortagne