Is there a NuGet equivalent for Eclipse

Question

Starting out with Visual Studio on a new job. I was introduced to NuGet for installing packages in VS. Is there any such applications for Eclipse?

I was using Eclipse ( am not an expert)

Answer 1

The equivalent for Java projects would be Maven or similar (Ivy, Gradle, etc.)

There are a couple of Maven plugins for Eclipse, like m2eclipse.

In general, Java dependency management is handled via tools like this. One reason is to remove the IDE from the build equation, since developers may use different IDEs, there might be a CI server involved (i.e., no IDE at all), IDE versions might break/change the build process, etc.

IMO relying on the IDE for building is an environmental smell.