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wuchang
wuchang

Reputation: 3079

How can I make eclipse make use of packages downloaded by maven?

When I use Maven compile, it will automatically download the depended java packages for me. Now, to debug the project, I import the project into Eclipse, but in Eclipse, the depended package is still missing. How can I get the packages? Or, can Eclipse use packages downloaded by Maven?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 543

Answers (2)

Jeen Broekstra
Jeen Broekstra

Reputation: 22053

An alternative to the m2e eclipse maven plugin suggested by rocketboy is to use the maven eclipse plugin. This works from the command line (mvn eclipse:eclipse), and generates Eclipse settings for your project by downloading dependencies and putting them onto the Eclipse build path.

Upvotes: 1

rocketboy
rocketboy

Reputation: 9741

You don't really need to manually add all the dependencies downloaded by maven to the classpath in Eclipse. There is a maven-2-eclipse plugin which integrates maven with Eclipse. Using that plugin you can

  • import/create a project as Maven project or
  • convert an existing project into a maven project

Your Eclipse will automatically add all the downloaded dependencies on the class path everytime.

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Upvotes: 3

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