---
name: "mh_installjar"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "maven-repo-helper"
version: "1.11"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mh_installjar"
---

# mh\_installjar(1)

Installs a jar into /usr/share/maven-repo.

## NAME

Maven - Installs a jar into /usr/share/maven-repo.

## SYNOPSIS

**mh\_installjar** \[*option*\]... \[*pom*\] \[*jar*\] \[*link*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Installs the jar file in */usr/share/maven-repo*, at the correct location for Maven. The jar is copied into the build directory. It can also create additional links to the jar, usually located in */usr/share/java*.

Where

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  \[pom\] is the location of the POM associated with the jar to install.

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  GroupId, artifactId and version will be extracted from this file.

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  \[jar\] is the path to the jar to install, usually located in the build

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  folder.

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  \[link\] is an additional link to the jar to install, usually there should

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  be a link to usr/share/java/$jar.jar and usr/share/java/$jar-$version.jar to comply with the Java packaging guidelines. Note that there is no need to specify those particular links if the **--java-lib** option is used.

## OPTIONS

**-h** **--help**: show this text

**-V** **--version**: show the version

**-p**\<package\> **--package=**\<package\>: name of the Debian package which

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  will contain this jar file

**-e**\<version\>, **--set-version=**\<version\>: set the version for the jar,

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  do not use the version declared in the POM file.

**-r**\<rules\> **--rules=**\<rules\>: path to the file containing the

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  rules to apply when cleaning the POM. Optional, the default location is debian/maven.rules Maven rules are used here to extract the groupId, artifactId and version from the POM file.

**-l** **--java-lib**: Optional, if given it will install the jar into

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  */usr/share/java* to comply with the Debian Java specification. The jar will be installed as /usr/share/java/$name-$version.jar and a versionless link /usr/share/java/$name.jar will point to it, as well as the links installed in */usr/share/maven-repo*

**-n**\<name\> **--usj-name=**\<name\>: Optional, the name to use when installing the

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  library in */usr/share/java* when **--java-lib** is used. Defaults to the artifact id found in the POM.

**-j**\<version\> **--usj-version=**\<version\>: Optional, the version to use when

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  installing the library in */usr/share/java* when **--java-lib** is used. Defaults to the version found in the POM.

**-s** **--no-usj-versionless**: Optional, don't install the versionless link

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  in */usr/share/java*. This flag is used only when the **-l** or **--java-lib** option is given.

**-d**\<path\> **--dest-jar=**\<path\>: Optional, the destination for the real jar.

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  The other places where the jar appears, in the repository or in the list of links, will be symlinks to this jar. Defaults to /usr/share/java/$name-$version.jar if **--java-lib** is used, otherwise the jar is installed in the versioned path in the Maven repository.

**-c**\<classifier\> **--classifier=**\<classifier\>: Optional, the classifier for

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  the jar. Empty by default.

**-v** **--verbose**: show more information while running

**-n** **--no-act**: don't actually do anything, just print the results

**--skip-clean-pom**: don't clean the pom, assume that a previous action ran

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  mh\_cleanpom with the correct options. mh\_cleanpom is run only to extract the groupId, artifactId and version of the jar

See also: [mh\_installpom(1)](/mh_installpom/1.md), [mh\_installsite(1)](/mh_installsite/1.md)