How To Install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. maven-plugin-plugin.noarch is Maven Plugin Plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `maven-plugin-plugin.noarch`

The Plugin Plugin is used to create a Maven plugin descriptor for any Mojo’s found in the source tree, to include in the JAR. It is also used to generate Xdoc files for the Mojos as well as for updating the plugin registry, the artifact metadata and a generic help goal.

We can use yum to install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch.

Install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch

How To Uninstall maven-plugin-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the maven-plugin-plugin.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove maven-plugin-plugin.noarch

maven-plugin-plugin.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/java/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin.jar
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.maven-plugin-tools-maven-plugin-plugin.pom
/usr/share/maven-fragments/maven-plugin-tools-maven-plugin-plugin.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.maven-plugin-tools-maven-plugin-plugin.pom

References

maven-plugin-plugin.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-plugin-plugin.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.