I have just downloaded a project from github, it has a pom.xml and is missing many dependencies.
I installed m2e Maven integration in Eclipse plugin but now what do I do? It's installed and seems to be working but how do I download the dependencies now?
You checkout the git files to a location different from your Eclipse workspace.
Start Eclipse on a clean workspace and install m2e. (I usually install m2e-wtp to get web projects)
Use File -> Import -> Existing Maven projects.
Point to the pom.xml you want to use in the files checked out above.
Wait while Eclipse downloads half the Internet.
Ready.
Right click on your project, run as -> maven install.
If you can't see these, you either incorrectly installed m2e, or you need to import the project as a maven project.
In that case, delete the project from your workspace (do not check the "delete contents on disk"). Right click in the project explorer and click on import... From that dialog, you can select existing maven projects, where you need to navigate to the highest directory containing a pom.xml file.
Also, if you have maven installed on your computer (not m2e in eclipse), you can open the directory that contains the pom.xml and just type mvn clean install. This will build your project.
If you get a "Build success" message, you'll know that the dependencies have been fetched correctly.
In eclipse, You have to convert your project to a maven project. right click on your project -> maven (or configure) -> convert to maven project (or enable dependencies management).
This should update your dependencies automatically, if it is not the case then right click your project -> maven -> update project (or update dependencies, it depends on the verion of m2e you are using).
It should be enough to build the project. The dependencies should be downloaded during the build.
Pom.xml files are used for Maven projects.
Depending on your Eclipse version, maybe it's not compatible with Maven out of the box. If not, you can install a Maven plugin (like m2e) so that the project can be viewed as a Maven project.
Maven will do the dependency management (if pom.xml file is configured properly)
When you right click on your project->Run As-> Maven install it will download all the dependencies that it does not have already in your local repository.
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I'm using Eclipse Luna for my project. I've imported a Maven project into it. Right click->import->import existing maven projects. I made mvn clean package install under run configurations. It ran successfully till mid of project, and in the sub modules, it got failed due to some issue in Java file. But whatever the JAR's that have been fetched should be displayed under Maven dependencies under Build path right?
Here is the screenshot
Do I require to make any steps here?
Right click the project and Configure as Maven project
I created a basic maven project in eclipse and I'm getting errors in my pom.xml that classes are missing, I checked the folder that it was looking in and the file paths don't match what I have and the classes don't exist.. My path goes up to: C:\Users\user.m2\repository\org\apache\maven\shared and it is stating there is a /filtering/ folder which I don't have. I have the latest maven and m2eclipse installed.
Most probably a bad installations (incomplete download or missing jars). I suggest you delete the
C:\Users\user.m2\
folder completely and run mvn clean install again. Maven will fetch the jars for you. Also try to refresh the maven project from within eclipse. Right click on project -> maven -> update project. Sometimes eclipse has this issue.
If i want to convert an EAR project a maven project , do i need to add the module in the deployment assembly as maven dependency or just use the convert in m2eclipse without any further configuration.
Me personally I wouldn't attempt any kind of conversion of an existing project. I would add the poms, make sure that mvn clean install works on the command prompt and then create a new mavenized Eclipse project from the poms.
The main reason is that you current project settings are effectively wrong when you switch to Maven - the Maven poms are the truth and what feeds the Eclipse project setup, so you really do not want to make your life difficult and work against m2eclipse - let it do the project creation for you. Fresh.
You can install m2eclipse and then do the following as well.
Go to the project menu (right click on Package Explorer) > Configure > Convert to Maven Project
Open the pom.xml and right-click and choose Run As -> Maven Clean. Similarly Choose Run As -> Maven Install.
Note : Please ensure that your eclipse project settings are correct and classpath libraries are not absolute and you don't have any project specific environment variables defined in your workspace. Please take a backup of your project before you do this.This is to ensure we don't mess up the current stable project configurations. Once m2eclipse generates the pom.xml for your project, you can update and make changes to it to
fully obtain a mavenized ear build. hope this helps
You can also try creating new maven project with archetype selection of "jboss-javaee6-ear" and follow the similar structure for your project. Most probably you will need parent Pom and child poms per each module (ejb, war, jar etc). There are other few similar approach but almost all of them requires you to have mulitple POMs
maven-ear-plugin and JBoss AS 7
You can also go through all the examples for maven ear plugin to find settings suitable for you
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-ear-plugin/
I ended up ditching ear for war :) single POM and even ditched the JBOss for tomcat/jetty :)
If you want to convert your existing eclipse dependencies into Maven dependencies, you can try the JBoss Tools (JBT) Maven integration feature, which contains an experimental conversion wizard, plugged into m2e's conversion process : http://docs.jboss.org/tools/whatsnew/maven/maven-news-4.0.0.Beta1.html.
So, all you have to do is, as Keerthi explained, right-click on your project and Configure > Convert to Maven...
If your dependencies already are maven artifacts, it should work easily. If not, you'll need to convert them to Maven (if they're workspace projects) or make them available in your maven enterprise repository, before converting the EAR project.
JBT (requires Eclipse JavaEE) can be installed from http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/kepler/ or from the Eclipse Marketplace (See https://marketplace.eclipse.org/search/site/jboss%2520tools)
I have downloaded a project (Maven based structure) from our SVN repository using Eclipse SVN plugin. Initially, Eclipse wasn't recognizing it as java project so I had to follow the following steps:
http://www.javaexperience.com/how-to-convert-svn-project-to-regular-eclipse-java-project/
The above steps worked well and the project was converted to java project.
Next I right clicked on the project and selected maven->Convert to maven project. Eclipse downloaded some jars and added it to the class path but not all files seem to have been downloaded successfully as I see Junit jar file missing error (where as junit is mentioned in pom.xml)
When I right click on the pom.xml file, I don't see the option "mvn install" or "mvn clean". I am using Eclipse Kepler which comes with maven plugin out of the box.
You will find the Maven commands in 'Run As', not in 'Maven'
I would first create a maven project using create maven project menu then add the SVN based source code to it.
I already have a small Java project. I want to move it to Maven, so I want to create the pom.xml using Eclipse so that I can build it using pom from a command prompt. I have not worked with Maven before, though I have worked with Ant.
How can I create the pom.xml for my Java project using Eclipse?
You should use the new available m2e plugin for Maven integration in Eclipse. With help of that plugin, you should create a new project and move your sources into that project. These are the steps:
Check if m2e (or the former m2eclipse) are installed in your Eclipse distribution. If not, install it.
Open the "New Project Wizard": File > New > Project...
Open Maven and select Maven Project and click Next.
Select Create a simple project (to skip the archetype selection).
Add the necessary information: Group Id, Artifact Id, Packaging == jar, and a Name.
Finish the Wizard.
Your new Maven project is now generated, and you are able to move your sources and test packages to the relevant location in your workspace.
After that, you can build your project (inside Eclipse) by selecting your project, then calling from the context menu Run as > Maven install.
This works for me on Mac:
Right click on the project, select Configure → Convert to Maven Project.
If you have plugin for Maven in Eclipse, you can do following:
right click on your project -> Maven -> Enable Dependency Management
This will convert your project to Maven and creates a pom.xml. Fast and simple...
To create POM.XML file in Eclipse:
Install M2E plugin (http://www.eclipse.org/m2e/)
Right click on project -> Configure -> Convert to Maven Project
The easiest way would be to create a new (simple) Maven project using the "new project" wizard. You can then migrate your source into the Maven folder structure + the auto generated POM file.
To create pom.xml file follow the next steps:
Right click on the current project
Select Configure option
Select Convert to Maven Project
Complete all fields in Create new POM window
Check "Delete original references from project"
Click on Finish button
If eclipse show the the error "Maven error “Failure to transfer…", follow the next steps
Copy the dependency to pom.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-archiver</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
Click right on your project
Select Maven
Select Update project
Select Force Update of Snapshots/Releases
Right click on Project -> Add FrameWork Support -> Maven