Create jfreechart-1.5.3 JAR from source code

Question

My program is trying to upgrade from an old version of JFreeChart, we are using ant to compile and have JFreeChart imported as a .jar file. I am trying to get the new jfreechart-1.5.3 source (I cannot find a jar on their website) into a working .jar file by using:

jar cf jfreechart.jar jfreechart-1.5.3/src

When trying to compile with the new .jar file. I get the error that "package org.jfree.chart" does not exist. How do I update my program with a .jar file of the newest JFreeChart version?

Answer 1

As illustrated here, you can clone the repository, check out the branch with the desired tag and use maven to build the release JARs. See also Migration from JFreeChart 1.0.x

$ git clone https://github.com/jfree/jfreechart.git jfreechart
$ pushd jfreechart
$ git fetch --tags
$ git tag --list
…
v1.5.3
$ git checkout v1.5.3
Note: switching to 'v1.5.3'.
…
$ mvn -P release package
…
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
…
$ ls -1 target/jfreechart-1.5.3*
target/jfreechart-1.5.3-javadoc.jar
target/jfreechart-1.5.3-sources.jar
target/jfreechart-1.5.3.jar

Alternatively, download the desired JARs directly from the corresponding mvnrepository directory:

v1.5.2: mvnrepository > directory.
v1.5.3: mvnrepository > directory.
v1.5.4: mvnrepository > directory.