A simple command line to download a remote maven2 artifact to the local repository

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I have a library that I distribute using maven 2   The typical user of this library doesn t use maven to build their applications  but is likely somewhat familiar with maven and probably has it installed   I d like to document a  simple  one line command they can use to download my library s artifacts to their local    m2 repository without requiring that they set up a pom xml to do it   I thought there was a way to do this  but I can t seem to find it after looking through the install install-file and dependency plugin documentation   I tried things like   mvn install install-file -DrepositoryId java net -Durl http   download java net maven 2  -Dfile robo-guice-0 4-20091121 174618-1 jar -DpomFile robo-guice-0 4-20091121 174618-1 pom -DgroupId robo-guice -DartifactId robo-guice -Dversion 0 4-SNAPSHOT -Dpackaging jar   but I think I m barking up the wrong tree since it appears that the install plugin is used to copy locally built files into the local repository  rather than download remote artifacts into the local repository   This is the artifact I d like to install  http   download java net maven 2 robo-guice robo-guice 0 4-SNAPSHOT   Is this possible using maven

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Give them a trivial pom with these jars listed as dependencies and instructions to run:

mvn dependency:go-offline

This will pull the dependencies to the local repo.

A more direct solution is dependency:get, but it's a lot of arguments to type:

mvn dependency:get -DrepoUrl=something -Dartifact=group:artifact:version

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Since version 2 1 of the Maven Dependency Plugin  there is a dependency get goal for this purpose  To make sure you are using the right version of the plugin  you ll need to use the  fully qualified name     mvn org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 2 1 get       -DrepoUrl http   download java net maven 2        -Dartifact robo-guice robo-guice 0 4-SNAPSHOT

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As of version 2 4 of the Maven Dependency Plugin  you can also define a target destination for the artifact by using the -Ddest flag   It should point to  a filename  not a directory  for the destination artifact   See the parameter page for additional parameters that can be used  mvn org apache maven plugins maven-dependency-plugin 2 4 get       -DremoteRepositories http   download java net maven 2       -Dartifact robo-guice robo-guice 0 4-SNAPSHOT       -Ddest c  temp robo-guice jar

[maven-2] A simple command line to download a remote maven2 artifact to the local repository?

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