how include my local jar to maven?

Question

the question is:

i start a local lib to collect some common utils in it.

then i use eclipse m2e to run as Maven Install, and it truely generate the jar into my local cached repos dir.

and now, i want to use that lib as a dependency in my project, i just type the dependency xml as the other (like spring etc.).

but it just can load that lib in the maven dependencies libs.

I search the web and find that systemPath could work, but i don' t like this way. how can i use my local jar in a same way?

Answer 1

Install it into your repository. Either local ( mvn install ) or run repository software like Artifactory, Archiva or Nexus. http://maven.apache.org/repository-management.html

Answer 2

You can do a (non-Maven) build and:

• install the JAR in your local "repo" directory,
• manually upload it your group / corporate repository, or
• install it in a so-called "internal repository" that you manage by hand: see http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-repositories.html .

(I have even resorted to using an "internal repository" that was part of the project's version control check-out; ie putting the JAR into version control.)

But I think that the best approach would be to Mavenize the build for the utility JAR, and handle it just like your main Maven projects.

Answer 3

Use goal install-file . Like , mvn install-file .