maven error: package org.junit does not exist

Question

I'm trying to create the javadoc with maven and it fails. It also fails when doing the verify.

mvn verify 

I get the following error:

(...)     [INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------     [ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :      [INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------     [ERROR] /home/miquel/creaveu/createOmegaMatrix/src/main/java/edu/url/salle/gtm/hnm/dataStructures/HFrame.java:[6,23] package org.junit does not exist     [ERROR] /home/miquel/creaveu/createOmegaMatrix/src/main/java/edu/url/salle/gtm/hnm/dataStructures/HFrame.java:[6,0] static import only from classes and interfaces     (···) 

In my pom.xml file I have the following lines:

<dependency>   <groupId>org.junit</groupId>   <artifactId>junit</artifactId>   <version>4.8.2</version>   <scope>test</scope> </dependency> 

and my local repository contains the junit jar file:

miquel@ubuntu:~/creaveu/createOmegaMatrix$ ls -l /home/miquel/.m2/repository/org/junit/junit/4.8.2/ total 248 **-rw-r--r-- 1 miquel miquel 237344 2012-09-13 11:01 junit-4.8.2.jar** -rw-r--r-- 1 miquel miquel    236 2012-09-13 11:13 junit-4.8.2-javadoc.jar.lastUpdated -rw-r--r-- 1 miquel miquel      0 2012-09-13 11:13 junit-4.8.2-javadoc.jar-not-available -rw-r--r-- 1 miquel miquel    458 2012-09-12 18:35 junit-4.8.2.pom -rw-r--r-- 1 miquel miquel    236 2012-09-13 11:13 junit-4.8.2-sources.jar.lastUpdated -rw-r--r-- 1 miquel miquel      0 2012-09-13 11:13 junit-4.8.2-sources.jar-not-available -rw-r--r-- 1 miquel miquel    163 2012-09-13 11:22 _maven.repositories miquel@ubuntu:~/creaveu/createOmegaMatrix$ 

The code is fine because in my laptop, which I have no access now, I van run:

mvn javadoc:javadoc mvn verify 

with no problems, and also the tests work in eclipse IDE.

Answer 1

Ok, you've declared junit dependency for test classes only (those that are in src/test/java but you're trying to use it in main classes (those that are in src/main/java).

Either do not use it in main classes, or remove <scope>test</scope>.

Answer 2

I fixed this error by inserting these lines of code:

<dependency>   <groupId>junit</groupId>     <!-- NOT org.junit here -->   <artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>   <version>4.8.2</version>   <scope>test</scope> </dependency> 

into <dependencies> node.

more details refer to: http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit-dep/4.8.2