How to add a local lib directory to Maven
Sometimes there is a dependency not available at a remote repository and one is too lazy to set up a local maven repository – that’s when one adds a directory in the project structure and wants maven to find dependencies there. Create a directory called “lib” in the project root Add the following markup to the pom.xml inside the <repositories>-Tag (create if it does not exist): <repository> <id>lib</id> <name>lib</name> <releases> <enabled>true</enabled> <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> <url>file://${project.basedir}/lib</url> </repository> ...