Did you try to do this?
Then, install it using the command:
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.sun -DartifactId=tools \
-Dversion=1.5.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file
where the path/to/file is the path to the file that maven cannot find, in
your case, ${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar.
Regards,
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Carlos Curotto
