Add this to pom.xml – (update the mainClass to match your program):
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.2</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.myCorp.testJar.App</mainClass>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<classpathLayoutType>custom</classpathLayoutType>
<customClasspathLayout>lib/${artifact.artifactId}-${artifact.version}${dashClassifier?}.${artifact.extension}
</customClasspathLayout>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
In Eclipse right click project and run as Maven build with goal=package
Sample output for a project in D:\06repo Eclipse workspace:Building jar: D:\06repo\testJar\target\testJar-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
Creates lib directory under testJar\target directory.
Execute the jar file.
D:\06repo\testJar\target>java -jar testJar-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
Hello World!
Zip the jar file along with the lib directory.
D:\06repo\testJar\target>f:\7-Zip\7z a -tzip testJar.zip testJar-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar lib
Copy the zip file to a client that has Java installed.
D:\06repo\testJar\target>cp testJar.zip d:/tmp
Extract the zip file in the new client location.d:\tmp>f:\7-Zip\7z x testJar.zip
Run the jar file in the new client location.
d:\tmp>java -jar testJar-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
Hello World!
Stack Overflow Article: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6758258/running-a-maven-scala-project
