What do I do with the pom.xml file?

Question

I have just downloaded a project from github, it has a pom.xml and is missing many dependencies.

I installed m2e Maven integration in Eclipse plugin but now what do I do? It's installed and seems to be working but how do I download the dependencies now?

Answer 1

• You checkout the git files to a location different from your Eclipse workspace.
• Start Eclipse on a clean workspace and install m2e. (I usually install m2e-wtp to get web projects)
• Use File -> Import -> Existing Maven projects.
• Point to the pom.xml you want to use in the files checked out above.
• Wait while Eclipse downloads half the Internet.
• Ready.