Today i wanted to add DWR 2.0.1 as dependency from within the Eclipse Plugin and recognized that it was not found on the Maven Repository Server…

The install:install command is the key…

1. Get the Library you want to use (download DWR).
2. Open console (press: windows + r and enter “cmd” or better install Tweak UI)
3. enter: mvn install:install-file -Dfile=dwr.jar -DgroupId=org.directwebremoting -DartifactId=dwr -Dversion=2.0.1 -Dpackaging=jar
4. prints out:

   [INFO] Scanning for projects...
   [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'install'.
   [INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] Building Maven Default Project
   [INFO]    task-segment: [install:install-file] (aggregator-style)
   [INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] [install:install-file]
   [INFO] Installing C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\_\.m2\dwr.jar to C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\_\.m2\repository\org\directwebremoting\dwr\2.0.1\dwr-2.0.1.jar
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   [INFO] Total time: 1 second
   [INFO] Finished at: Mon Jun 25 14:24:27 CEST 2007
   [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
   [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   

5. Now there should be a new Folder for the imported lib in the local repository:

     .m2
      |__org
         |__directwebremoting
            |__dwr
               |__2.0.1
                  |__dwr-2.0.1.jar
                  |__dwr-2.0.1.pom
                  |__dwr-2.0.1.pom.sha1

6. Et voila, now you can use the added lib as dependency in all .pom Files….