You will need to put them in your repository with a version. When you compile, you first copy the necessairy dll files to your target directory. During this copy you can strip off the version, going back to the original name. The dependency-maven-plugin can do this stripping for you.
regards, Wim 2006/1/18, Loïc Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > However, what can I do if I *can't* rename the .dll / .so files: > for example: > > DevIL.dll -> DevIL-0.99.dll will be perfect for the maven 2 repository > however the dll isn't linked anymore! And if I set the version tag to > empty (<version></version>) then the POM > becomes invalid! > > What can I do? > > Loic > > On 1/18/06, Napoleon Esmundo Ramirez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Native libraries are treated just like any other dependency in the > > repository. What's important is, it has to have a properly defined pom in > > the repository containing something like: > > > > <project> > > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > > <groupId>swt</groupId> > > <artifactId>swt</artifactId> > > <version>1.0</version> > > <packaging>dll</packaging> > > </project> > > > > > > and declared in the project as a dependency like: > > > > <project> > > ... > > <dependecies> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>swt</groupId> > > <artifactId>swt</artifactId> > > <version>1.0</version> > > <type>dll</type> <!-- this is important because maven assumes a jar > > file by default --> > > </dependency> > > </dependecies> > > ... > > </project> > > > > I hope this helps. > > > > > > Cheers! > > Nap > > > > On 1/18/06, Valerio Schiavoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > this is interesting also to me, have to solve the same problem for a > > > project > > > using swt graphical libraries, and need some platform-dependant .so > > > libraries to be accessible. > > > this is easy within eclipse, but don't know how to configure it via maven. > > > > > > > > > 2006/1/17, Loïc Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > It's me again, I'm currently trying to add LWJGL as a dependency to my > > > > project. > > > > However, I wonder how one can add the required native librairies > > > > (.dll, .so...) to the dependencies for example for test purposes. > > > > > > > > Do someone know? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Loic > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To Iterate is Human, to Recurse, Divine > > > James O. Coplien, Bell Labs > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
