Increase heap size in m2e Eclipse plugin

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How does one increase the heap size of the m2e Eclipse plugin? Basically, I'm trying to run an automated integration test using Cargo and Selenium under STS (SpringSource's version of Eclipse) with pre-installed m2e (the popular Maven plugin for Eclipse).

Whenever I run

mvn verify

I get the infamous java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space... 63M/63M. So I made some research first. Increase the memory via MAVEN_OPTS, Eclipse.ini / STS.ini, Run Configurations, and even via the Maven plugins thru the pom.xml. Nothing changed. Same error and same amount of memory 63M/63M.

I know my project works. The POM is correct. Why? Because when I run the same command using a stand-alone Maven. The integration test with Selenium and Cargo works. In fact here's the latest output (3 minutes ago):

[INFO] [beddedLocalContainer] Jetty 8.x Embedded is stopped
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 4 minutes 24 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Oct 26 14:08:16 CST 2011
[INFO] Final Memory: 70M/149M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm not asking how to increase the memory in stand-alone Maven command. I'm specifically asking how to increase the heap size for m2e.

Note: By default the m2e Eclipse plugin does not have shortcut to the "verify" goal. You have to create a new one via Run Configuration (which does not have an Args tab, fyi).

crasp · Answer 1 · 2012-07-19T11:55:42.227

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When working with the Maven 2 plugin, setting java options in eclipse.ini or MAVEN_OPTS environment variable will have no effect on your build. You need to add some command line args via the "Edit Configuration and launch" dialog in Eclipse.

"Run As" > "Maven Build", click on the "JRE" tab, enter VM args e.g.

-Xms128M -Xmx512M

edited Jul 19 '12 at 11:55

answered Jul 19 '12 at 08:23

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is there anyway we can permanently add this configuration to m2e? so that we wouldn't have to type on every run?/build? – KyelJmD Jul 17 '13 at 01:37
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Yes, you can add them via Eclipse > Preferences > Maven > Installations > "Global settings for embedded installation". There you can point to your maven settings outside Eclipse. – crasp Jul 25 '13 at 13:12
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In JBoss Developer Studio 8.1.0.GA, Preferences > Maven > Installations shows two Maven Installations: EMBEDDED and WORKSPACE. They are both grayed out, as is the Edit... button. – nclark Oct 27 '15 at 21:07

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '14 at 14:54

As a follow-on to the already accepted answer, when you invoke "mvn" on the command-line, you are really invoking the mvn.bat (or mvn.sh) wrapper script. It is this wrapper script that uses the MAVEN_OPTS env variable when kicking off the actual maven jvm.

m2e, on the other hand, wants more control over how the maven jvm is kicked off, so it does this directly without the wrapper. This is why you add your memory settings directly to your m2e run/debug configuration VM arguments, rather than using MAVEN_OPTS.

If you want m2e to pass what you already have in MAVEN_OPTS to the maven jvm, in the "Edit Configuration and launch" dialog in Eclipse:

"Run As" > "Maven Build", click on the "JRE" tab, enter VM args e.g.

${env_var:MAVEN_OPTS}

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '15 at 07:11

You can add in your pom.xml your memory settings:

<plugin>
 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    ...
    <fork>true</fork>
    <meminitial>128m</meminitial>
    <maxmem>512m</maxmem>
    ...
  </configuration>
</plugin>

The description of all maven-compiler-plugin parameters is here: link

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Have you tried setting the MAVEN_OPTS environment variable for your run configuration?

MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx768M -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"

Might be you'll have to edit your system environment variables if setting it in the run configuration doesn't help. See here or here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Oct 26 '11 at 06:39

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Yes, I did. But that didn't affect the m2e plugin. It did affect though the stand-alone Maven plugin. – krams Oct 26 '11 at 06:41

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 14 '12 at 22:03

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I've faced a similar issue. Create a file named mavenrc_pre.bat on windows or .mavenrc on linux in your home folder and set your maven_opts as you wish in it. It is working with m2e bundled with Eclipse Indigo.

answered Mar 14 '12 at 22:03

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