Maven Dll Dependency Problem

Question

I am developing a swing based desktop application and this application is using MediaInfo.dll library. I have first installed this dll to my local repository like described this answer. Then I have added a dependency in my pom.xml like this

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.mediainfo</groupId>
    <artifactId>mediainfo</artifactId>
    <version>0.7.44</version>    
    <type>dll</type>    
</dependency>

I am using Maven 3.0.3 version and when I executed mvn install assembly:assembly it says

PlexusIoResourceCollection not found, no archiever found for dll

I am new to maven, so I am searching for a help before pulling my hear out .

Answer 1

This will depend on your assembly descriptor, but it seems like you have a <dependencySet> under which <unpack>true</unpack> is specified, that does not exclude the DLL from the set. Try adding this into that dependencySet element:

<excludes>
  <exclude>*:dll*</exclude>
</excludes>

If you intend to incorporate the DLL dependencies without unpacking them, then you might need an additional dependencySet element that includes them and doesn't specify the unpack flag. See http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly.html#class_dependencySet for more information.