[FIXED] Maven install external jar through pom not working

Issue

I want to add a an external jar to my project. I want to add it inside the pom instead of installing it via the maven command.

This is what I have configured inside my pom:

    <plugins>
      <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.5</version>
          <executions>
              <execution>
                  <phase>install</phase>
                  <goals>
                      <goal>install-file</goal>
                  </goals>
                  <configuration>
                      <repositoryLayout>default</repositoryLayout>
                      <groupId>org.opencv</groupId>
                      <artifactId>opencv</artifactId>
                      <version>3.2.0</version>
                      <packaging>jar</packaging>
                      <file>${project.basedir}/../runtime-resources/opencv-dep/opencv-320.jar</file>
                      <generatePom>true</generatePom>
                  </configuration>
              </execution>
          </executions>
      </plugin>
  </plugins>

I'm getting this error: The POM for org.opencv:opencv:jar:3.2.0 is missing, no dependency information available.

But when running the command, everything is oke: mvn install:install-file -Dfile={absolute-path-to-jar}/opencv-320.jar -DgroupId=org.opencv -DartifactId=opencv -Dversion=3.2.0 -Dpackaging=jar

NOTE: This is only the case on Netbeans and not on InteliJ. Netbeans apparently skips the install command and just searches for the dependency online, and ofcourse can't find it. I ran mvn install mvn install:install mvn install:install-file

Solution

Answer from this question: Maven Install plugin: parameter file is missing or invalid

Change <phase>install</phase> to <phase>initialize</phase> and run with mvn initialize. And it solved my problem on Netbeans.

Answered By - Yoshua Nahar