How to add a jar, source and Javadoc to the local Maven repository?

Question

I\'m wanting to add the latest version of JGoodies Forms (1.5.0) as a dependency, but I can\'t find anything newer than 1.0.5 in the main repository, so if I understand correctl

Answer 1

Update: Even though this is the accepted answer, please check the answer of Emmanuel Bourg below - his answer is probably what you would like to do, especially if you're having a snapshot version.

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You can use the maven deploy plugin for that. It has a goal for deploying a single file to any repository. For the jar itself:

mvn deploy:deploy-file \
    -DgroupId=com.yourname.jgoodies \
    -DartifactId=jgoodies-forms \
    -Dversion=1.50 \
    -Dfile=/path/to/jgoodies-1.50.jar \
    -Dpackaging=jar \
    -Durl=file://path/to/your/local/repository 

For the sources:

mvn deploy:deploy-file \
    -DgroupId=com.yourname.jgoodies \
    -DartifactId=jgoodies-forms \
    -Dversion=1.50 \
    -Dfile=/path/to/jgoodies-sources.jar \
    -Dpackaging=jar \
    -Durl=file://path/to/your/local/repository \
    -Dclassifier=sources

For the javadoc:

mvn deploy:deploy-file \
    -DgroupId=com.yourname.jgoodies \
    -DartifactId=jgoodies-forms \
    -Dversion=1.50 \
    -Dfile=/path/to/jgoodies-javadoc.jar \
    -Dpackaging=jar \
    -Durl=file://path/to/your/local/repository \
    -Dclassifier=javadoc

Note that this will generate a standard POM, so you won't have the dependencies of JGoodies (if any) pulled automatically but have to specify them manually in your project.

Answer 2

Install the jar you have downloaded using this mini guide :

http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-local.html

You should install jgoodies-form-1.5.0.jar by typing:

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=<path-to-file>/jgoodies-form-1.5.0.jar \ 
-DgroupId=jgoodies -DartifactId=forms -Dversion=1.5.0 -Dpackaging=jar

don't forget to do the same with jgoodies-commons.

For you to be able to access the source code and the contextual javadoc you can either

• uncompress the jgoodies form zip and make eclipse points to the src folder

• generates a jgoodies-form-1.5.0-src.jar by putting the src directory in it and install it in your local repo the same way you did for the jar

Answer 3

Here is the syntax to deploy the binary, the sources and the javadoc with a single command:

mvn deploy:deploy-file \
    -DgroupId=com.jgoodies \
    -DartifactId=jgoodies-forms \
    -Dversion=1.6.0 \
    -Dfile=jgoodies-forms-1.6.0.jar \
    -Dsources=jgoodies-forms-1.6.0-sources.jar \
    -Djavadoc=jgoodies-forms-1.6.0-javadoc.jar \
    -Durl=file://path/to/your/local/repository