Maven failed to resolve dependencies - javax.activation

Question

I have a working maven web application which uses many jars. Trying to add javax.activation and do a mvn clean install fails.

I get \"Failed to execute goal on proje

Answer 1

Add dependency to your pop.xml file

<dependency>
<groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
<artifactId>activation</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>

Answer 2

The artifact you need is javax.activation:activation:jar:1.0.2 (pay attention to the jar part), while the artifact you have in your repo is javax.activation:activation:pom:1.0.2. Either place a jar one into your repo or add <classifier>pom</classifier> to your <dependency>.

Answer 3

Sun will not allow Maven to redistribute its binaries, including JavaMail JAR and Activation JAR. Instead, all users must install Sun binaries manually by downloading them from Sun's website and running the mvn install command.

1. Download Java Activation Framework

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/jaf-136260.html

and then

http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jaf/1.0.2-fcs/jaf-1_0_2-upd2.zip

2. Extract "jaf-1.0.2"

3. Run at folder "jaf-1.0.2"

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=activation.jar -DgroupId=javax.activation -DartifactId=activation -Dversion=1.0.2 -Dpackaging=jar