To prepare, we need to follow these steps:

1. Create a new Maven project
2. Add the following dependency to the project's POM file:

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/de.julielab/aliasi-lingpipe -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>de.julielab</groupId>
    <artifactId>aliasi-lingpipe</artifactId>
    <version>4.1.0</version>
</dependency>

3. Download the complete version of LingPipe 4.1.2 from http://alias-i.com/lingpipe/web/download.html
4. Extract the Lingpipe-4.1.2.tar file from Lingpipe-4.1.2.tar.gz
5. Unzip the files from Lingpipe-4.1.2.tar
6. Copy the ...Lingpipe-4.1.2-websitedemosmodelslangid-leipzig.classifier file to the root of the project directory