How to manually install an artifact in Maven 2?

Question

I've encountered some errors when I tried to install an artifact manually with Maven 2. I wanted to install a jar from a local directory with the command

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=jta-1.0.1B.jar 

But Maven gave a build error which reads like:

Invalid task '.01B.jar': you must specify a valid lifecycle phase, or a goal in the format plugin:goal or pluginGroupId:pluginArtifactId:pluginVersion:goal 

Is there a mistake with my command?

Answer 1

You need to indicate the groupId, the artifactId and the version for your artifact:

mvn install:install-file \   -DgroupId=javax.transaction \   -DartifactId=jta \   -Dpackaging=jar \   -Dversion=1.0.1B \   -Dfile=jta-1.0.1B.jar \   -DgeneratePom=true