BOOTSTRAPPING BASICS ----------------------- You'll need: - Java 1.5 - Ant 1.6.5 or later First, give Ant a location into which the completed Maven distro should be installed: export M2_HOME=$HOME/apps/maven/apache-maven-3.0-SNAPSHOT Then, run Ant: ant Once the build completes, you should have a new Maven distro ready to roll in your $M2_HOME directory! Enjoy.