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.