You can build the IME on isda-build1.mit.edu .
1. (ONE TIME SETUP download the latest version of maven at http://maven.apache.org/download.html
(maven 2.0.7)
2. (ONE TIME SETUP
a. Unzip Unzip maven-2.0.7-bin.zip to the directory you wish to install Maven 2.0.7.
b. Add the bin directory to your path
c. Make sure mvn and svn are in your path. On isda-build1, that's in /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin respectively.
c. make sure that JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK. On isda-build1, that's /usr/java/jdk1.6.0
d. Run mvn --version to verify that maven is correctly installed .
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For more info on maven, go to :
http://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html
Maven book is at: http://www.sonatype.com/book/