Non ci sono differenze quando si installa Hibernate in entrambi i modi. Usare maven o form cambierà solo il modo in cui configuri, costruisci, distribuisci il tuo progetto.
Il modo in cui scrivi il codice Hibernate non cambierà in alcun modo se utilizzi Maven o Ant.
In maven pom.xml dovrai aggiungere il repository come documentato di seguito -
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>4.2.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.common</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.Final</version>
<classifier>tests</classifier>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.6.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0.CR2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.6.4</version>
</dependency>
E sarà necessario aggiungere il seguente repository:
<repository>
<id>JBoss</id>
<name>JBoss Repsitory</name>
<layout>default</layout>
<url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2</url>
</repository>