Chris, it sounds like you need to RTFM. :-)
You need to add a project dependency on spring in your project.xml:
<dependency>
<id>spring</id>
<version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>
Maven will auto-download the proper jar from the ibiblio repository and
place it in your local repository. It will appear in the classpath for
anything maven does with this project.
-----Original Message-----
From: Parker, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:52 AM
To: Maven Mailing List
Subject: How to add external libraries (first post)
First off, no doubt this has been asked a thousand times - but I can't
seem to find the mailing list archives. I would appreciate a link to
the archives so I can try to ask unique questions, instead of treading
the same ground again and again.
My problem: I can't figure out how to add external jars to Maven's
class path. I'm specifically trying to add the Spring framework,
although I don't think the actual framework is relevant (perhaps it is
though?).
The thing is, I'm *not* trying to add the Spring framework jar into a
finalized jar, instead I'm trying to make sure Maven can find Spring's
classes while testing/compiling. Currently I get a ton of "[junit]
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/springframework/core/io/Resource" errors.
I'm looking for something equivalent to ant's:
<fileset dir="${spring.dir}">
<include name="*.jar"/>
</fileset>
Where "spring.dir" is in my build.properties like this:
spring.dir=/home/cparker/repository/spring
Do I need to add Spring to Maven's repository
(/home/cparker/.maven/repository)? If so how do I do that - or more
specifically, where are the instructions for doing that?
Maven v. 1.0.2 BTW
TIA
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