Add External JAR in Maven Dependency - maven

Question

I am trying to add external JAR file tigase-muc in a maven based project tigase-server in eclipse IDE.
I have tried following method
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=<path-to-file> -DgroupId=<group-id> \
-DartifactId=<artifact-id> -Dversion=<version> -Dpackaging=<packaging>
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] Building Tigase XMPP Server 5.1.0 5.2.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-install-plugin:2.3:install-file (default-cli) # tigase-server ---
[INFO] Installing /home/haider/Downloads/tigase-muc-2.2.0.jar to /
home/haider/.m2/repository/tigase/tigase-muc/2.2.0/tigase-muc-2.2.0.jar
[INFO] --------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] -------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.791s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Aug 05 18:06:48 PKT 2013
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Aug 05 18:06:48 PKT 2013
[INFO] ----------------------
From above BUILD SUCCESS message i assume that JAR file is correctly added , but when i add following dependency in POM file
<dependency>
<groupId>tigase</groupId>
<artifactId>tigase-xmltools</artifactId>
<version>3.3.6</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
It give me following error Missing artifact tigase:tigase-muc. This message clearly indicate that it didn't get the JAR file that i am referring in dependency
You Contribution will be highly appreciated THANKS

Answer 1

It looks like it installs the Jar like this: [INFO] Installing /home/haider/Downloads/tigase-muc-2.2.0.jar to /
home/haider/.m2/repository/tigase/tigase-muc/2.2.0/tigase-muc-2.2.0.jar
As maven works, its group id is resolved to be ''tigase'', artifactId is ''tigase-muc'', version is ''2.2.0''
So this is right.
Now, I've took a look on tigase:tigase-xmltools:3.3.6 available here
It doesn't define any dependency at all.
So it looks like this would happen even if you don't specify this dependency :)
I would suggest you to run mvn dependency:tree to see where does this dependency comes from
Hope this helps

Answer 2

A more complete error message would help narrow down what's gone wrong. The artifact you installed should be resolvable via the following dependency:
<dependency>
<groupId>tigase</groupId>
<artifactId>tigase-muc</artifactId>
<version>2.2.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
You're reference tigase-xmltools which I'm assuming has a dependency on tigase-muc.
My guess is tigase-xmltools might have dependency on the actual pom of tigase-muc, which you don't have despite having the jar. Seeing the full error message and the pom of tigase-xmltools.
Installing the file with -DgeneratePom=true might help.

Answer 3

Well, if you have added the jar in maven dependencies, then it should be added in Maven Dependencies automatically.
Do you get any specific error while building the project? if yes then can you please share the error trace.
Also have a look at Maven Dependency Scope
Also, verify your local maven repository - M2_HOME\tigase\tigase-xmltools\3.3.6\ and check if the jar is installed here properly.

Answer 4

You can install external jars in local repository.
Here is a blog -
http://findnerd.com/list/view/External-Dependencies-in-Maven-Project/3501/
Hope this would help you.

Answer 5

My solution is use the embed lib repo:
and add local lib:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>ok</groupId>
<artifactId>comet4j-tomcat7</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>lib</id>
<name>lib</name>
<url>file://${basedir}/lib</url>
</repository>
</repositories>