maven-dependency-plugin (goals "copy-dependencies", "unpack") is not supported by m2e
I have a fairly simple Maven project:
<project>
<dependencies>
...
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dependencies</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
However, I get the following error in m2eclipse:
Description Resource Path Location Type
maven-dependency-plugin (goals "copy-dependencies", "unpack") is not supported by m2e. pom.xml /jasperreports-test line 60 Maven Project Build Lifecycle Mapping Problem
Why do I care if m2eclipse doesn't "support" this task? Maven does, and that's all I really care about. How can I get this error in my project to go away?
It seems to be a known issue. You can instruct m2e to ignore this.
Option 1: pom.xml
Add the following inside your <build/> tag:
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<!-- Ignore/Execute plugin execution -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<!-- copy-dependency plugin -->
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins></pluginManagement>
You will need to do Maven... -> Update Project Configuration on your project after this.
Read more: http://wiki.eclipse.org/M2E_plugin_execution_not_covered#m2e_maven_plugin_coverage_status
Option 2: Global Eclipse Override
To avoid changing your POM files, the ignore override can be applied to the whole workspace via Eclipse settings.
Save this file somewhere on the disk: https://gist.github.com/maksimov/8906462
In Eclipse/Preferences/Maven/Lifecycle Mappings browse to this file and click OK:
This is a problem of M2E for Eclipse M2E plugin execution not covered.
To solve this problem, all you got to do is to map the lifecycle it doesn't recognize and instruct M2E to execute it.
You should add this after your plugins, inside the build. This will remove the error and make M2E recognize the goal copy-depencies of maven-dependency-plugin and make the POM work as expected, copying dependencies to folder every time Eclipse build it. If you just want to ignore the error, then you change <execute /> for <ignore />. No need for enclosing your maven-dependency-plugin into pluginManagement, as suggested before.
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[2.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<execute />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
If copy-dependencies, unpack, pack, etc., are important for your project you shouldn't ignore it. You have to enclose your <plugins> in <pluginManagement> tested with Eclipse Indigo SR1, maven 2.2.1
To make it work, instead of ignoring it, you can install the m2e connector for the maven-dependency-plugin:
https://github.com/ianbrandt/m2e-maven-dependency-plugin
Here is how you would do it in Eclipse:
- go to Window/Preferences/Maven/Discovery/
- enter Catalog URL: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/discovery/directory-1.4.xml
- click Open Catalog
- choose the m2e-maven-dependency-plugin
- enjoy
Despite answer from CaioToOn above, I still had problems getting this to work initially.
After multiple attempts, finally got it working. Am pasting my final version here - hoping it will benefit somebody else.
<build>
<plugins>
<!--
Copy all Maven Dependencies (-MD) into libMD/ folder to use in classpath via shellscript
-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/libMD</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<!--
Above maven-dependepcy-plugin gives a validation error in m2e.
To fix that, add the plugin management step below. Per: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12109018
-->
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[2.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<execute />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>