Thanks Mike. Actually I had already been to the site, and the documentation is excellent. The basic problem I had was that I had no idea what to look for, I had no idea what a "dependency" was called. Sort of the same as if I were to go to a DOS prompt and type "cat". Okay - so what's the equivalent command to cat in DOS (type...).
Knowing that I needed to use "dependency" - I found this page: http://maven.apache.org/reference/project-descriptor.html I just got the build working a second or two ago, and here's the final solution (BTW, I see that "id" is deprecated...): <project> included xml SNIPPED all the way to the end <dependencies> <dependency> <groupID>springframework</groupID> <artifactId>spring</artifactId> <version>1.2.2</version> <dependency> </dependencies> </project> For posterity: 1) groupID is described as "The project group that produced the dependency, e.g. geronimo." I tried "spring" which failed, and then "springframework" which worked. I surmise that the project group corresponds to the directory name "springframework" in: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/springframework/jars/ . I might be nice if the description included a blurb saying something about each group having it's own directory - or some such. It was a minor leap to realize that the project group is typified by the directory ;) 2) artifactId is described as "The unique id for an artifact produced by the project group, e.g. germonimo-jms." I tried springframework first, and when I saw the command window say "Attempting to download springframework-1.2.2.jar" I knew what to do. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my questions!! -----Original Message----- From: Mike Perham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:04 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: RE: How to add external libraries (first post) Maven has great online documentation. If you haven't already, please read through maven's Getting Started guide. http://maven.apache.org/start/ -----Original Message----- From: Trip Kirkpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:57 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: RE: How to add external libraries (first post) At 12:52 PM 7/27/2005, you wrote: >I absolutely need to RTFM. No argument whatsoever. That's why I asked >for links several times - because I can't seem find the correct place >in TFM. Chris: I'm new to the list also, but the archives seem to be at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=turbine-maven-user --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
