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+Maven can be downloaded at: http://maven.apache.org/
+At Ubuntu it can be installed with:
+> apt-get install maven2
+
+Build the project
+------------------
+> cd webgoat
+> mvn install
+
+delete artifacts from previous build:
+> mvn clean
+
+
+Build the Eclipse project files
+-------------------------------
+> mvn eclipse:eclipse
+
+Afterward the project can be imported within Eclipse:
+File -> Import -> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace
+
+
+Don't forget to declare a classpath variable named M2_REPO, pointing to ~/.m2/repository, otherwise many links to existing jars will be broken.
+You can declare new variables in Eclipse in Windows -> Preferences... and selecting Java -> Build Path -> Classpath Variables
+