Scala REPL: How to add remote Maven repository to Scala REPL classpath?

Question

Scala REPL is great for trying different code snippets. It would be great if one could run code using libraries from Maven repositories in Scala REPL. How to add remote Maven repository to Scala REPL classpath?

Answer 1

You can do it, using maven-scala-plugin:

$ mvn scala:console
...
import com.some.dependency

Answer 2

I do everything non-trivial in SBT. In one place, the SBT build.sbt (or .scala, for advanced uses) you define all your dependencies, generate your IDE project files and run REPLs with all dependencies present in the class-path.