Installing the Maven command-line tool is strongly recommended, but not required.
With Maven command-line, you will be able to automatically build a wider range of Aspire distribution projects, including:
- Distributions that work without an internet connection
- Separate distributions for development, staging, QA, and production environments
- Distributions that are bundled as "App Bundles" and can be re-used inside of other Aspire server instances.
In addition, the Maven command-line tool will be useful for creating new Aspire components and deploying these components to Maven repositories for use in other Aspire installations.
If you do not wish to install Maven command-line, you may download a pre-packaged set of Aspire binaries instead,