How to manually install an artifact in Maven 2

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I ve encountered some errors when I tried to install an artifact manually with Maven 2  I wanted to install a jar from a local directory with the command  mvn install install-file -Dfile jta-1 0 1B jar   But Maven gave a build error which reads like   Invalid task   01B jar   you must specify a valid lifecycle phase  or a goal in the format plugin goal or pluginGroupId pluginArtifactId pluginVersion goal   Is there a mistake with my command

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If you ever get similar errors when using Windows PowerShell  you should try Windows  simple command-line  I didn t find out what caused this  but PowerShell seems to interpret some of Maven s parameters

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All the posted answers rightfully discuss this from a strictly maven perspective   My issues was in doing this install for maven using Netbeans as my primary IDE   I found the below article helpful    Credit to the following netbeans forum article   http   forums netbeans org topic22907 html   In Maven project open  Add dependency  dialog Make up some groupId  artifactId and version and fill them  OK  Dependency will be added to the pom xml and will appear under  Libraries  node of maven project Right-click Lib node and  manually install artifact   fill the path  to the jar   Jar should be installed to local Maven repo with   coordinates entered in step 2

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You need to indicate the groupId  the artifactId and the version for your artifact   mvn install install-file     -DgroupId javax transaction     -DartifactId jta     -Dpackaging jar     -Dversion 1 0 1B     -Dfile jta-1 0 1B jar     -DgeneratePom true

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According to maven s Guide to installing 3rd party JARs  the command is   mvn install install-file -Dfile  lt path-to-file gt  -DgroupId  lt group-id gt    -DartifactId  lt artifact-id gt  -Dversion  lt version gt  -Dpackaging  lt packaging gt    You need indeed the packaging option  This answers the original question    Now  in your context  you are fighting with a jar provided by Sun  You should read the Coping with Sun JARs page too  There  you ll learn how to help maven to provide you better information about Sun jars location and how to add Java net Maven 2 repository which contains jta-1 0 1B jar  Add this in your settings xml  not portable  or pom xml  portable       lt repositories gt       lt repository gt         lt id gt maven2-repository dev java net lt  id gt         lt name gt Java net Repository for Maven lt  name gt         lt url gt http   download java net maven 2  lt  url gt         lt layout gt default lt  layout gt       lt  repository gt     lt  repositories gt

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I had to add packaging  so   mvn install install-file     -DgroupId javax transaction     -DartifactId jta     -Dversion 1 0 1B     -Dfile jta-1 0 1B jar     -DgeneratePom true     -Dpackaging jar

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According to maven s Guide to installing 3rd party JARs  the command is   mvn install install-file -Dfile  lt path-to-file gt  -DgroupId  lt group-id gt    -DartifactId  lt artifact-id gt  -Dversion  lt version gt  -Dpackaging  lt packaging gt    You need indeed the packaging option  This answers the original question    Now  in your context  you are fighting with a jar provided by Sun  You should read the Coping with Sun JARs page too  There  you ll learn how to help maven to provide you better information about Sun jars location and how to add Java net Maven 2 repository which contains jta-1 0 1B jar  Add this in your settings xml  not portable  or pom xml  portable       lt repositories gt       lt repository gt         lt id gt maven2-repository dev java net lt  id gt         lt name gt Java net Repository for Maven lt  name gt         lt url gt http   download java net maven 2  lt  url gt         lt layout gt default lt  layout gt       lt  repository gt     lt  repositories gt

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You need to indicate the groupId  the artifactId and the version for your artifact   mvn install install-file     -DgroupId javax transaction     -DartifactId jta     -Dpackaging jar     -Dversion 1 0 1B     -Dfile jta-1 0 1B jar     -DgeneratePom true

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You need to indicate the groupId  the artifactId and the version for your artifact   mvn install install-file     -DgroupId javax transaction     -DartifactId jta     -Dpackaging jar     -Dversion 1 0 1B     -Dfile jta-1 0 1B jar     -DgeneratePom true

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I had to add packaging  so   mvn install install-file     -DgroupId javax transaction     -DartifactId jta     -Dversion 1 0 1B     -Dfile jta-1 0 1B jar     -DgeneratePom true     -Dpackaging jar

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You need to indicate the groupId  the artifactId and the version for your artifact   mvn install install-file     -DgroupId javax transaction     -DartifactId jta     -Dpackaging jar     -Dversion 1 0 1B     -Dfile jta-1 0 1B jar     -DgeneratePom true

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All the posted answers rightfully discuss this from a strictly maven perspective   My issues was in doing this install for maven using Netbeans as my primary IDE   I found the below article helpful    Credit to the following netbeans forum article   http   forums netbeans org topic22907 html   In Maven project open  Add dependency  dialog Make up some groupId  artifactId and version and fill them  OK  Dependency will be added to the pom xml and will appear under  Libraries  node of maven project Right-click Lib node and  manually install artifact   fill the path  to the jar   Jar should be installed to local Maven repo with   coordinates entered in step 2

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If you ever get similar errors when using Windows PowerShell  you should try Windows  simple command-line  I didn t find out what caused this  but PowerShell seems to interpret some of Maven s parameters

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Answer is to escape the dash   http   www mail-archive com users maven apache org msg83991 html

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