Adding external library to artifact jar in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

How can I add an external library to a project in IntelliJ IDEA so that when I build an artifact it still has access to the classes in the library?

I have created a

Answer 1

If you are using maven to build your application then this is not the correct way to add external library. You should either

1. Do an install of your library like below mvn install:install-file -Dfile=myJar.jar -DgroupId=com.yourproject -DartifactId=yourproject -Dversion={version} -Dpackaging=jar.
2. Use system path like explained here.

Option 1 is prefered since you don't have to keep jar in your project.