{"id":10736,"date":"2024-03-14T12:44:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-package-command-used-in-maven\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T03:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:17:23","slug":"how-is-the-package-command-used-in-maven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-is-the-package-command-used-in-maven\/","title":{"rendered":"Maven Package Command Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To use the Maven package command, you need to navigate to the root directory of the project in the command line and ensure that Maven is already installed. Then run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>mvn package\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will compile the source code of the project and package it into an executable JAR file. 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