Unzip dependency in maven

Question

I have the following dependency in maven

<dependency>   <groupId>org.hyperic</groupId>   <artifactId>sigar-dist</artifactId>   <version>1.6.5.132</version>   <type>zip</type> </dependency> 

This creates sigar-dist-1.6.5.132.zip in my repository. I have seen this question here, however I still can't make it work.

How can I unzip the sigar-dist.zip and place the content in a directory in my project? What is the mvn call I have to do to make it work?

Answer 1

You can do it with dependencies:unpack-dependencies:

<plugin>     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>     <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>     <version>2.2</version>     <executions>       <execution>         <id>unpack-sigar</id>         <phase>package<!-- or any other valid maven phase --></phase>         <goals>           <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>         </goals>         <configuration>           <includeGroupIds>org.hyperic</includeGroupIds>           <includeArtifactIds>sigar-dist</includeArtifactIds>           <outputDirectory>              ${project.build.directory}/wherever/you/want/it              <!-- or: ${project.basedir}/wherever/you/want/it -->           </outputDirectory>         </configuration>       </execution>     </executions> </plugin> 

Reference:

• Unpacking project dependencies
• dependency:unpack-dependencies