How do I prevent Maven 2 from searching remote repositories for specific local depedencies?

Question

How do I prevent Maven 2 from searching remote repositories for specific dependencies that are in the local repository only?

Answer 1

How do I prevent Maven 2 from searching remote repositories for specific depedencies that are in the local repository only

Well, actually, Maven won't unless:

• they are SNAPSHOT dependencies in which case this is the expected behavior.
• they are missing a .pom file in which case you can provide it or generate it (see questions below).

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Answer 2

1. set up nexus as a repository manager.
2. add addtional remote proxied repositories if necessary
3. add your local hosted repository (hosted on the nexus server)
4. define a group of repositories in the correct search sequence with your local repo's first.
5. change your builds to point at the nexus group url (use mirrorOf=* in your settings.xml)
6. run your build and let nexus manage the local vs remote dependency resolution