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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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1 -xwiki:XWiki.VincentMassol
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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}}
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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##):(((
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Sep 18, 2026, 2:08:33 PM

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