Maven package/install without test (skip tests)

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I am trying to package my project. But, it automatically runs the tests previous do performing the packaging. The tests insert some content in the database. This is not what I want, I need to avoid running tests while package the application. Anybody knows how run the package with out test?

A Unit-Test should consist of the following 4 phases: Initialization, Test, Verification and Teardown. Maybe you should adjust your tests and add an according teardown/cleanup of your database or you should use a separate database instance, not packaged with your jar file, for running your tests on. — Marc-Christian Schulze, Sep 17 '11 at 16:00
It seems that your tests are "heavy" so you don't want to execute them. But it's a bad practice. Maybe some frameworks as DBUnit may help you ? Or you can revert database changes at the end of the test? — manash, Nov 27 '11 at 20:32

score 870 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 19 '21 at 16:54

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Run maven with

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip

edited Aug 19 '21 at 16:54

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answered Sep 17 '11 at 15:56

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thanks for ur immediate reply,am running from eclipse, where i add the command -Dmaven.test.skip=true? – vks Sep 17 '11 at 15:59
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I've never launched mvn from eclipse, but in the Run Configuration window where you configure maven's targets and profiles, there is a 'Skip Test' checkbox. Maybe that will do the trick. – Giorgos Dimtsas Sep 17 '11 at 16:06
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according to the [documentation](http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-test.html) that will skip compilation aswell as execution. You can use -DskipTests to just skip execution. [This post](http://ericlefevre.net/wordpress/2008/02/21/skipping-tests-with-maven/) also gives some warnings about what versions you can use each flag with – JonnyRaa Feb 26 '14 at 12:39
In Run Configurations window in Eclipse, there is a table with columns as 'Parameter Name' and 'Value'. Entering Parameter name as maven.test.skip and value as true works. – Anmol Gupta Mar 31 '16 at 12:00
Since this answer is accepted, I wanted to note a very useful variation from the answer by Chris Beach: `-Dmaven.test.skip.exec`. This will build all the same artifacts, including the test jar, without executing the tests. Otherwise the test jar will be omitted, resulting in partial packaging if that was part of your expected distribution. – Kenn Knowles Jun 29 '16 at 21:01
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Thanks a lot, I used to do it using ```-DskipTests``` but it does not work anymore, any idea why ? – sam Aug 03 '16 at 07:21
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Note that [Maven Surefire Plugin](http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-test.html) and [Maven Failsafe Plugin](http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-failsafe-plugin/examples/skipping-test.html) documentation suggests that setting `skipTests` is preferred to setting `maven.test.skip`. – Filip Bártek Aug 23 '16 at 18:48
`-DskipTests` is what you will need for most of the cases. For all other info just check this [this article](https://codepills.com/2020/12/03/how-to-build-with-maven-without-running-tests/) – Andrej Buday Dec 26 '20 at 14:58
mvn install -DskipTests=true – Smart Coder Aug 11 '23 at 15:34

score 274 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 09 '21 at 15:45

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Just provide the command mentioned below, which will ignore executing the test cases (but will compile the test code):

mvn package -DskipTests

edited Apr 09 '21 at 15:45

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answered Dec 27 '12 at 09:46

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for me this wouldnt work. I had to use accepted solution instead – Sebas Oct 15 '15 at 18:16
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`-DskipTests` did not work for me when I used `mvn clean install -DskipTests` – Vishrant Nov 14 '16 at 06:05
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Its partially fine as it will not execute test BUT it will comile test classes..... – Antoniossss Nov 09 '18 at 08:31
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For followers, `-DskipTests` is the same as `-Dmaven.test.skip.exec=true` https://stackoverflow.com/a/21933970/32453 and yes it does compile the tests and not run them (whereas `-Dmaven.test.skip=true` doesn't compile them) – rogerdpack Apr 06 '20 at 15:20
This one was working for me in maven version 3.8.6 -> mvn clean package -DskipTests – HowToTellAChild Dec 08 '22 at 21:29
This worked me on maven version 3.8.6. – HowToTellAChild Jan 05 '23 at 12:59

score 63 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 21 '11 at 15:46

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you can add this plugin configuration to your pom if you do not want to set command line arg:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

answered Sep 21 '11 at 15:46

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You can no longer run the tests from the command line with this configuration. – Emmanuel Bourg Jul 23 '12 at 15:11
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@EmmanuelBourg That can be remedied by following directions in this example http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-test.html – smp7d Sep 18 '12 at 15:42
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corrected link http://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-tests.html – ulab Aug 10 '17 at 12:27

score 50 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '12 at 10:23

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Note that -Dmaven.test.skip prevents Maven building the test-jar artifact.

If you'd like to skip tests but create artifacts as per a normal build use:

-Dmaven.test.skip.exec

answered Mar 13 '12 at 10:23

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This was the asnwer I was looking for, works just fine.Thanks. – Binita Bharati Apr 25 '18 at 08:30
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How the hell am I supposed to remember that? Why not make a simple obvious and memorable alias like "skipTests"? – TheRealChx101 Jan 24 '20 at 12:58

Rosdi Kasim · Answer 5 · 2016-11-16T12:07:05.470

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If you are trying this in Windows Powershell, you will get this error:

[ERROR] Unknown lifecycle phase ".test.skip=true". You must specify a valid lifecycle phase or a goal in the format...

The reason for this is, in Powershell the "-" has special meaning and it is causing problem with maven.

The solution is to prepend it with a backtick (`), like so..

mvn `-Dmaven.test.skip=true install

Reference: http://kuniganotas.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/invalid-task-test-skiptrue-you-must-specify-a-valid-lifecycle-phase/

edited Nov 16 '16 at 12:07

answered Dec 08 '13 at 20:40

Rosdi Kasim

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Thanks a lot! Had been facing this issue for a long time now. – Debargha Roy Sep 22 '20 at 14:07
I face this problem in intellij terminal, looks like terminal is pointing to powershell instead of cmd. but this solution saved me – Tayab Hussain Dec 22 '21 at 19:01

score 34 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 22 '14 at 21:23

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<properties>
    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
</properties>

is also a way to add in pom file

answered Oct 22 '14 at 21:23

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score 31 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 14 '19 at 06:15

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In Inllij IDEA there is an option also to skip test goal.

answered Jan 14 '19 at 06:15

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This works! I check the cmd it uses: mvn package -DskipTests=true – Abe Mar 27 '23 at 19:09

score 26 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 27 '11 at 21:08

You can pass the maven.test.skip flag as a JVM argument, to skip running tests when the package phase (and the previous ones in the default lifecycle) is run:

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

You can also pass the skipTests flag alone to the mvn executable. If you want to include this information in your POM, you can create a new profile where you can configure the maven-surefire-plugin to skip tests.

score 24 · Answer 9 · edited Jan 21 '19 at 16:59

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You only have to provide

-Dmaven.test.skip

You no longer need to append =true.

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answered Sep 17 '11 at 16:13

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score 13 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 31 '13 at 22:47

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Answering an old and accepted question here. You can add this in your pom.xml if you want to avoid passing command line argument all the time:

  <properties>
    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
  </properties>

answered Jan 31 '13 at 22:47

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score 12 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 27 '18 at 02:29

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You can add either -DskipTests or -Dmaven.test.skip=true to any mvn command for skipping tests. In your case it would be like below:

mvn package -DskipTests

OR

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

answered Sep 27 '18 at 02:29

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score 11 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 21 '18 at 12:41

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just mvn clean install -DskipTests

answered Sep 21 '18 at 12:41

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score 7 · Answer 13 · answered Jan 15 '20 at 04:50

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A shorthand notation to do maven build and skip tests would be :

mvn clean install -DskipTests

answered Jan 15 '20 at 04:50

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Prasenjit Mahato · Answer 14 · 2020-07-03T13:46:18.570

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Below two commands are most useful

mvn clean package -Dmaven.test.skip=true 
mvn clean package -DskipTests

Thanks

edited Jul 03 '20 at 13:46

answered Jul 03 '20 at 13:39

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score 5 · Answer 15 · answered Sep 05 '22 at 16:35

you can use any maven goals like package / clean install

Solution: 1 ( package Goal )

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip
mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true
mvn package -DskipTests

Solution: 2 ( clean install goals )

mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip
mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
mvn clean install -DskipTests

Solution: 3 ( in pom.xml file )

you can use maven-skipping-tests in pom file and no need to provide the attributes like DskipTests,Dmaven.test.skip

Pom.xml

<properties>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
        <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
</properties>

Later you can use maven command : mvn clean install/mvn package

Reference: https://www.baeldung.com/maven-skipping-tests

score 4 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 17 '11 at 16:32

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Tests should always[1] run before package. If you need to turn off the tests, you're doing something wrong. In other words, you're trying to solve the wrong problem. Figure out what your problem really is, and ask that question. It sounds like it's database-related.

[1] You might skip tests when you need to quickly generate an artifact for local, development use, but in general, creating an artifact should always follow a successful test run.

answered Sep 17 '11 at 16:32

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I have a similar problem: my applications contains websocket. When i run mvn clean install i end up in an endless test series. Before i force closed it the process has been going on for 3 hours and the messages printed were just about Websocket. Can you please check out my issue to see what am i doing wrong ? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54614739/mvn-clean-install-stuck-when-doing-tests-what-am-i-missing – georgeB Feb 10 '19 at 14:03
Rules always have exceptions. If you don't think so, you're wrong. – Jay Sullivan Mar 25 '20 at 01:31

score 2 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 03:40

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For maven package without infecting maven test:

<properties>
    <maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
</properties>

answered Oct 18 '18 at 03:40

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Thanks, I needed exactly this today. – Sean McMillan Feb 18 '19 at 20:55

score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Jun 05 '18 at 16:04

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In Intellij, go to View -> Tool Windows -> choose Maven Projects. On the Lifecyle dropdown, right-click on package -> choose Create 'your-project [package]'...

Enter this value: package -Dmaven.test.skip=true -f pom.xml in the Command line field. Click Apply and a Run Configurations dropdown menu should appear along with your created custom maven command.

answered Jun 05 '18 at 16:04

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why was this downvoted? I use this everytime I wanted to build my project but skipping tests – Patrick Tolentino Feb 11 '19 at 22:52

score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Jul 13 '22 at 04:10

Those who don't want to skip the test cases. just above the main test class comment out or delete annotation:

//@SpringBootTest

Then when Maven builds an app, it will still run tests inside this class but will not run SpringBoot app, so will not test the connection to DB and the build will be successful.

score 0 · Answer 20 · edited Dec 29 '16 at 16:43

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mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true

worked for me since the -Dskip did not work anymore.

edited Dec 29 '16 at 16:43

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answered Dec 29 '16 at 16:24

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 19:09

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mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

answered Jan 23 '18 at 19:09

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Nov 24 '11 at 09:41

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You are, obviously, doing it the wrong way. Testing is an important part of pre-packaging. You shouldn't ignore or skip it, but rather do it the right way. Try changing the database to which it inserts the data(like test_db). It may take a while to set it up. And to make sure this database can be used forever, you should delete all the data by the end of tests. JUnit4 has annotations which make it easy for you. Use @Before, @After @Test annotations for the right methods. You need to spend sometime on it, but it will be worth it!

answered Nov 24 '11 at 09:41

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I think the question as well as the desire to package without running tests is perfectly valid. I don't think the OP "obviously is doing it the wrong way". Different people and projects have different needs, and these are commonly not in alignment with the Maven bible or the beliefs of various people (like yourself) about how software development should work. I think your answer would be more appreciated without its condescending approach. – Zero3 Jun 23 '15 at 17:59

score -2 · Answer 23 · answered May 04 '18 at 08:38

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The best and the easiest way to do it, in IntelliJ Idea in the window “Maven Project”, and just don’t click on the test button. I hope, I helped you. Have a good day :)

answered May 04 '18 at 08:38

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If you click package, it runs the tests, which is what OP is trying to avoid – Charlie Jun 04 '18 at 03:24

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