I agree. My original merge request did not have the Ubuntu instructions.
Feel free to reject the merge request and just update the other files as
appropriate.
On Apr 15, 2014 3:48 PM, "Chuck Greb" <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In README.md:
>
> > @@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ This project is a simple mobile mapping application built using the Mapzen SDKs
> >
> >  The following dependencies must be installed locally prior to building the project.
> >
> > +### Maven on Ubuntu
> > +As of Ubuntu 14.04 the version of maven in the repositories are not up to date enough. Maven 3.1+ is required. You can either build Maven from source at http://maven.apache.org/ or use the PPA available at https://launchpad.net/~natecarlson/+archive/maven3
> > +
> > +#### Maven with the PPA
> > +```bash
> > +$ sudo apt-get remove maven
> > +$ sudo add-apt-repository https://launchpad.net/~natecarlson/+archive/maven3
> > +$ sudo apt-get update
> > +$ sudo apt-get install maven3
> > +$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/mvn3 /usr/bin/mvn
> > +```
> > +
> > +If you are running Ubuntu Saucy or Trusty, after running add-apt-repository you will need to change the source to Precise. You can either do this by running Software & Updates and updating the entry in the Other Software tab changing the Distribution property, or by editing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/natecarlson-maven3-saucy.list and changing saucy or trusty to precise.
>
> Using saucy or precise produced the same errors for me.
>
> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep maven3
> deb https://launchpad.net/~natecarlson/+archive/maven3 precise main
> deb-src https://launchpad.net/~natecarlson/+archive/maven3 precise main
>
> $ sudo apt-get update | grep maven3
> W: Failed to fetch https://launchpad.net/~natecarlson/+archive/maven3/dists/precise/main/source/Sources  HttpError404
> W: Failed to fetch https://launchpad.net/~natecarlson/+archive/maven3/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages  HttpError404
> W: Failed to fetch https://launchpad.net/~natecarlson/+archive/maven3/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages  HttpError404
>
> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
>
> It kinda feels like this level of detail is outside the scope of the
> project. I think it would be fine to simply note that Maven 3.1+ is
> required and link to http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi.
>
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