Can I add jars to maven 2 build classpath without installing them?

Question

Maven2 is driving me crazy during the experimentation / quick and dirty mock-up phase of development.

I have a pom.xml file that defines the dependenc

Answer 1

For those that didn't find a good answer here, this is what we are doing to get a jar with all the necessary dependencies in it. This answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/7623805/1084306) mentions to use the Maven Assembly plugin but doesn't actually give an example in the answer. And if you don't read all the way to the end of the answer (it's pretty lengthy), you may miss it. Adding the below to your pom.xml will generate target/${PROJECT_NAME}-${VERSION}-jar-with-dependencies.jar

        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-assembly-plugin
            2.4.1
            
                
                
                    jar-with-dependencies
                
                
                
                  
                    my.package.mainclass
                  
                

            
            
              
                make-assembly
                
                package 
                
                    single