Copy dependency of a maven project to specific folder

Question

I am trying to get all the jar required for a maven project inside a particular folder.

I have used mvn dependency:copy-dependencies command.

It gives me the required jar files inside taget/dependeny folder.

Although I can use move or copy coommand to copy those jars to another directory, is there any way to copy the dependencies in directory of my choice directly?

Answer 1

You need to use the outputDirectory property to define the required location where you would like the jars to be copied to.

Here is an example of the configuration you would add in your POM:

<plugins>
...
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <id>copy-dependencies</id>
                <phase>package</phase>
                <goals>
                    <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory>
                </configuration>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>
    ...
</plugins>

Alternatively you can pass this configuration directly via the command line:

mvn -DoutputDirectory=alternativeLocation dependency:copy-dependencies