How can I download a specific Maven artifact in one command line

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I can install an artifact by install install-file   but how can I download an artifact   For example    mvn download download-file -DgroupId    -DartifactId    -Dversion LATEST

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one liner to download latest maven artifact without mvn   curl -O -J -L   https   repository sonatype org service local artifact maven content r central-proxy amp g io staticcdn sdk amp a staticcdn-sdk-standalone-optimizer amp e zip amp v LATEST

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One could use dependency copy  http   maven apache org plugins maven-dependency-plugin copy-mojo html  which takes a list of artifacts defined in the plugin configuration section and copies them to a specified location  renaming them or stripping the version if desired  This goal can resolve the artifacts from remote repositories if they don t exist in either the local repository or the reactor   Not all the properties of the plugin could be used in maven CLI  The properties which have  User Property   property defined could be specified  In the below example I am downloading junit to my temp folder and stripping the vesion from the jar file   mvn org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 2 8 copy -Dartifact junit junit 4 11 -DoutputDirectory  tmp -Dmdep stripVersion true   where     artifact junit junit 4 11 is the maven coordinates  And you specify artifcat as groupId artifactId version  packaging  classifier     Thanks to Pascal Thivent for providing his https   stackoverflow com a 18632876 2509415 in the first place  I am adding another answer

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Regarding how to get the artifact binary  Pascal Thivent s answer is it  but to also get the artifact sources jar  we can use   mvn dependency get -Dartifact groupId artifactId version jar sources   e g   mvn dependency get -Dartifact junit junit 4 12 jar sources   This works because the artifact parameter actually consists of groupId artifactId version  packaging   classifier   Just the packaging and classifier are optional   With jar as packaging and sources as classifier  the maven dependency plugin understands we re asking for the sources jar  not the artifact jar    Unfortunately for now sources jar files cannot be downloaded transitively  which does make sense  but ideally I do believe it can also respect the option downloadSources just like the maven eclipse plugin does

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The usage from the official documentation  https   maven apache org plugins maven-dependency-plugin usage html dependency get  For my case  see the answer below  mvn dependency get -Dartifact  2  3  4  5 -DremoteRepositories  1 -Dtransitive false mvn dependency copy -Dartifact  2  3  4  5 -DremoteRepositories  1 -Dtransitive false -DoutputDirectory  6   mvn dependency get -Dartifact com huya mtp hynswup 1 0 88-SNAPSHOT jar -DremoteRepositories http   nexus google com 8081 repository maven-snapshots  -Dtransitive false  mvn dependency copy -Dartifact com huya mtp hynswup 1 0 88-SNAPSHOT jar -DremoteRepositories http   nexus google com 8081 repository maven-snapshots  -Dtransitive false -DoutputDirectory    Use the command mvn dependency get to download the specific artifact and use the command mvn dependency copy to copy the downloaded artifact to the destination directory -DoutputDirectory

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The command   mvn install install-file    Typically installs the artifact in your local repository  so you shouldn t need to download it  However  if you want to share your artifact with others  you will need to deploy the artifact to a central repository see the deploy plugin for more details   Additionally adding a dependency to your POM will automatically fetch any third-party artifacts you need when you build your project  I e  This will download the artifact from the central repository

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Here s what worked for me to download the latest version of an artifact called  component jar  with Maven 3 1 1 in the end  other suggestions did not  mostly due to maven version changes I believe   This actually downloads the file and copies it into the local working directory  From bash   mvn dependency get       -DrepoUrl http                  -Dartifact com foo something component LATEST jar           -Dtransitive false           -Ddest component jar

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You could use the maven dependency plugin which has a nice dependency get goal since version 2 1  No need for a pom  everything happens on the command line   To make sure to find the dependency get goal  you need to explicitly tell maven to use the version 2 1  i e  you need to use the fully qualified name of the plugin  including the version     mvn org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 2 1 get       -DrepoUrl url       -Dartifact groupId artifactId version   UPDATE  With older versions of Maven  prior to 2 1   it is possible to run dependency get normally  without using the fully qualified name and version  by forcing your copy of maven to use a given version of a plugin    This can be done as follows   1  Add the following line within the  lt settings gt  element of your    m2 settings xml file      lt usePluginRegistry gt true lt  usePluginRegistry gt    2  Add the file    m2 plugin-registry xml with the following contents    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt pluginRegistry xsi schemaLocation  http   maven apache org PLUGIN REGISTRY 1 0 0 http   maven apache org xsd plugin-registry-1 0 0 xsd  xmlns  http   maven apache org PLUGIN REGISTRY 1 0 0  xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance  gt     lt plugins gt       lt plugin gt         lt groupId gt org apache maven plugins lt  groupId gt         lt artifactId gt maven-dependency-plugin lt  artifactId gt         lt useVersion gt 2 1 lt  useVersion gt         lt rejectedVersions  gt       lt  plugin gt     lt  plugins gt   lt  pluginRegistry gt    But this doesn t seem to work anymore with maven 2 1 2 2  Actually  according to the Introduction to the Plugin Registry  features of the plugin-registry xml have been redesigned  for portability  and the plugin registry is currently in a semi-dormant state within Maven 2  So I think we have to use the long name for now  when using the plugin without a pom  which is the idea behind dependency get

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LATEST is deprecated  try with range        mvnw org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 3 1 1 get     -DremoteRepositories repoId  default  https   nexus repository maven-releases     -Dartifact com acme foo

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To copy artifact in specified location use copy instead of get  mvn org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 3 1 2 copy     -DrepoUrl someRepositoryUrl     -Dartifact  quot com acme foo RELEASE jar quot  -Dmdep stripVersion -DoutputDirectory  tmp

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With the latest version  2 8  of the Maven Dependency Plugin  downloading an artifact from the Maven Central Repository is as simple as   mvn org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 2 8 get -Dartifact groupId artifactId version  packaging  classifier     where groupId artifactId version  etc  are the Maven coordinates   An example  tested with Maven 2 0 9  Maven 2 2 1  and Maven 3 0 4   mvn org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 2 8 get -Dartifact org hibernate hibernate-entitymanager 3 4 0 GA jar sources    Thanks to Pascal Thivent for providing his wonderful answer in the first place  I am adding another answer  because it wouldn t fit in a comment and it would be too extensive for an edit

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Here s an example to get ASM-7 using Maven 3 6   mvn dependency get -DremoteRepositories maven apache org -Dartifact org ow2 asm 7 0 sources jar   Or you can download the jar from here  https   search maven org search q g org ow2 asm 20AND 20a asm and then  mvn install install-file -DgroupId org ow2 asm -DartifactId asm -Dversion 7 0 -Dclassifier sources -Dpackaging jar -Dfile  path to asm-7 0 jar

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