I just setup the initial directory structure manually for the local repo on my webserver. It only took a few minutes to setup several jars. If you have dozens, it may be quicker to write a simple script.
Jeff On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, at 16:33:20 [GMT +0100] Michael Mills wrote: > After spending a lot of time looking at (what little) documentation > there is and trying out various maven command lines I was wondering how > (other than manually creating the dir in the maven.local.repository) you > get any old jar that is required for a build into your local repository. > If I have a jar: bob.jar that is currently in the 'lib' folder of my > project, which is currently using ant to build with that path added to > my project.classpath, how do I get bob.jar into my local repository so > that I can add the following to my maven project.xml file and get it to > compile: > <dependency> > <id>bob</id> > <artifactId>bob</artifactId> > <version>1.0</version> > <type>jar</type> > </dependency> > I have tried to use the "maven jar:xxx" goals but they don't seem to > work, also "maven repository:xxx" don't work (I have got a local > webserver running and maven.repo.remote=http://localhost stored in > build.properties in the user.profile directory). > I would have thought that you could cd to the lib folder and execute a > maven command to register bob in the local repository as version 1.0? > This does not seem possible. > In general I guess I am asking: what process is intended for files that > A, are not open source (i.e. in the standard maven remote repo) or B, do > not have the associated src files (and hence can not be built by a maven > project where you can use "maven jar:install"). > -Mike > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
