There is also the app assembly maven plugin: http://mojo.codehaus.org/appassembler/appassembler-maven-plugin/
/Anders On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Mark Eggers <its_toas...@yahoo.com.invalid > wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 5/11/2015 12:46 PM, Richard Catlin wrote: > > I built a jar using a pom. The jar depends on jars in the maven > > repository. How do I run my jar and include the jars in the maven > > repository in the classpath? If it possible to extract all the > > dependent jars into a /lib directory that I can add to my classpath > > at runtime? > > > > Thanks. Richard > > > > Richard, > > I can think of two ways to do this. > > 1. Uber jar (I've not tried this) > > See the Shade plugin at: > https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/ > > 2. Assembly plugin (this is what I do) > > A. JAR Plugin > In your POM, configure the JAR plugin to contain three pieces of > information. > > a) mainClass - this is obviously the class that has the main method > b) addClassPath - set this to true > c) classpathPrefix - I've set mine to lib > > B. Dependency Plugin > In your POM, configure the dependency plugin to copy all of the > dependencies to the subdirectory of the target directory. The > subdirectory name should be the same as the classpathPrefix value > > For example: > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.8</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <phase>package</phase> > <goals> > <goal>copy-dependencies</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory> > <includeScope>compile</includeScope> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > > (This is an old project, update as appropriate). > > C. Assembly Plugin > > Configure the assembly plugin to create a zip file, tar.gz file, > whatever . . . > > In src/main/assembly/assembly.xml, put in something like the following > (note that I've left out the namespaces for brevity): > > <assembly> > <id>bin</id> > <formats> > <format>tar.gz</format> > <format>zip</format> > </formats> > <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory> > <includeSiteDirectory>false</includeSiteDirectory> > <fileSets> > <fileSet> > <directory>target</directory> > <outputDirectory></outputDirectory> > <includes> > <include>*.jar</include> > <include>lib/</include> > </includes> > </fileSet> > </fileSets> > </assembly> > > C. Construct your package: > > mvn package > mvn assembly:single > > This will leave you a .tar.gz file and a .zip file (using the > assembly.xml above). > > D. Unzip (or untar) and run > > Now when you unarchive your .tar.gz file or .zip file, you'll end up > with a JAR file (your code) and a lib subdirectory with all of the > compile time dependencies. You should be able to run the JAR file from > the command line with: > > java -jar [your-jar-file-name] > > I'm a relative newcomer to Maven, but I hope this helps. > > . . . just my two cents. > /mde/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVUQxCAAoJEEFGbsYNeTwtJ6MIAKdAktpSRvs8c+e8gxQSZ0Ce > zTGUi90FxH1tDS5BKhWVxAFH+UA6ZPA/rFl/UCG0S698ZDZ7CHBZbhp0AxDHZg8j > M9TvSOx0OauTiqubY4PmpYDE34oTSUVQPBvn7BQxgUa6PXLMNYTN+ex8OZzXpG7G > yWyU0IW5o1mHwo/zCOy7yetHPezRC0KGPiQc7esjpiubuwHWPOUebBNeiqD/0/Fg > iS0rIUDHOZaoryumYr9gFvRpQ0Tyorz/PT51f/6t0cceWNfgPls0yCxdQmzsaUVD > FA4Ck2fkIeAquRCmxdDOXtM5PKSVFj8Sd1O2OHkcYPMgCJm38GVd4fSfx17s+dU= > =MNr0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
