Maven 3.3.x for Mint

1.Open the terminal and download the 'apache-maven-3.3.1-bin.zip'
wget http://mirrors.sonic.net/apache/maven/maven-3/3.3.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.1-bin.zip

2. Unpack the binary distribution
unzip apache-maven-3.3.1-bin.zip

3. Move the apache maven directory to /usr/local
sudo cp -R apache-maven-3.3.1 /usr/local/

4. Adding PATH and MAVEN_HOME
gedit .bashrc OR vi .bashrc

Then add two of them as below
export PATH="/usr/local/apache-maven-3.3.1/bin:/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_40/bin:$PATH"
export MAVEN_HOME="/usr/local/apache-maven-3.3.1"

source .bashrc

Optional way for step four
Create a soft link or symbolic link for maven
sudo ln -s /usr/local/apache-maven-3.3.1/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn

5. Test Maven version
mvn –version