How to create a jar with external libraries included in Eclipse

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I am done with the project which connects to database  MySQL   Now I want to export the project as jar  But I don t know how to include its external dependencies  Is there any way of doing it in Eclipse or should I use any scripts for that

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To generate jar file in eclipse right click on the project for which you want to generate, Select Export>Java>Runnable Jar File,

Its create jar which includes all the dependencies from Pom.xml, But please make sure license issue if you are using third-party dependency for your application.

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If you want to export all JAR-files of a Java web-project  open the latest generated WAR-file with a ZIP-tool  e g  7-Zip   navigate to the  WEB-INF lib  folder  Here you will find all JAR-files you need for this project  as listed in  Referenced Libraries

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When you export your project as a  Runnable jar   Right mouse on project -  Export -  Runnable jar  you have the option to package all dependencies into the generated jar  It also has two other ways  see screenshot  to export your libraries  be aware of the licences when deciding which packaging method you will use      The  launch configuration  dropdown is populated with classes containing a main String    method  The selected class is started when you  run  the jar   Exporting as a runnable jar uses the dependencies on your build path  Right mouse on project -  Build Path -  Configure Build Path      When you export as a  regular   non-runnable  jar you can select any file in your project s   If you have the libraries in your project folder you can include them but external dependencies  for example maven  cannot be included  for maven projects  search here

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You could use the Export- Java- Runnable Jar to create a jar that includes its dependencies  Alternatively  you could use the fatjar eclipse plugin as well to bundle jars together

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Personally   None of the answers above worked for me  I still kept getting NoClassDefFound errors  I am using Maven for dependencies    My solution was to build using  mvn clean install  and use the   project -jar-with-dependencies jar  that that command creates   Similarly in Eclipse you can right click the project -  Run As -  Maven Install and it will place the jars in the target folder

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If it is a standalone  Main method  java project then Not any specific path put all the jars inside the project not any specific path then right click on the project -   export -   Runnable jar --  Select the lunch configuration and Library handeling then choose the radio button option  Package required libraries into generated jar  --   Finish   Or  If you have a web project then put all the jars in web-inf lib folder and do the same step

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You can right-click on the project  click on export  type  jar   choose  Runnable JAR File Export   There you have the option  Extract required libraries into generated JAR

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While exporting your source into a jar  make sure you select runnable jar option from the options  Then select if you want to package all the dependency jars or just include them directly in the jar file  It depends on the project that you are working on   You then run the jar directly by java -jar example jar

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