Add lib dir to IntelliJ for unmanaged sbt dependencies

Question

sbt allows manually copying in jars to lib/ - it will find and use these unmanaged dependencies. IntelliJ, though, can't seem to find anything I put it that dir. How can I tell it to use them?

Answer 1

You have to add these manually:

1. Menu File - Project structure
2. Left side: Select "Modules"
3. Right side: Select "Dependencies tab"
4. Click "+"
5. Choose "Jars or directories"

Answer 2

After adding the jars to the lib directory , add this line in build.sbt

exportJars := true

Answer 3

Create a lib directory directly under your project directory and place your jar (or symbolic link to jar) there. Note, if you're executing sbt from command prompt, you'll need to be in the project directory for this to work.