Can't execute jar- file: “no main manifest attribute”

Question

I have installed an application, when I try to run it (it\'s an executable jar) nothing happens. When I run it from the commandline with:

java -jar \

Answer 1

Alternatively, you can use maven-assembly-plugin, as shown in the below example:

    maven-assembly-plugin
    
      
        package
        
          single
        
      
    
    
      
        
          true
          com.package.MainClass
        
      
      
        jar-with-dependencies
      
    
   

In this example all the dependency jars as specified in section will be automatically included in your single jar. Note that jar-with-dependencies should be literally put as, not to be replaced with the jar file names you want to include.