How to create a Maven Artifact, from lonely *.jar files?

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I'm using Eclipse to manage my SVN repository, and I have a few projects that depend on the same Jar files, I would like to create a maven artifact of these Jars (if possible using Eclipse) and commit that artifact into my SVN repository for further use.
How can I achieve that?

Thanks,
Adam.

Aaron Digulla · Answer 1 · 2010-07-16T08:34:49.127

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Create an Eclipse project which contains all the JARs and an ANT build.xml which calls mvn file:install for each JAR to install then in your local Maven repository (see the docs for options of mvn file:install).

That way, you can use these JARs like any other Maven dependency after running the build.xml once.

[EDIT] A sample target would look like this:

<target name="maven-file-install">
  <exec executable="mvn"> <!-- Make sure mvn is in the PATH -->
    <arg value="file:install"/>
    <arg value="-Dfile=your-artifact-1.0.jar"/>
    ... all the other arguments of file:install ...
  </exec>
</target>

edited Jul 16 '10 at 08:34

answered Jul 15 '10 at 12:52

Aaron Digulla

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I do understand what I need to do, but I have never used maven in the XML form, so I actually don't know hoe the build.xml should look like, could you add a short example please, I'm sure I'll be able to take it from there... Thanks. – TacB0sS Jul 15 '10 at 20:10
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It's really simple; I've added an example. – Aaron Digulla Jul 16 '10 at 08:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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I suggest using a file based repository:

Create a module containing a file based repository
Install the jars in this file based repository
Commit the module to SVN

Detailed steps are provided in this previous answer.

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When you say module you refer to the folder containing the "maven-metadata-local.xml" that was generated? – TacB0sS Jul 16 '10 at 08:53
I also need to add native library, is it possible? – TacB0sS Jul 16 '10 at 10:42
@TacB0sS: No, I mean a maven project. – Pascal Thivent Jul 16 '10 at 13:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '11 at 12:52

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mvn install:install-file did the trick: Install-File

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