Java tool for easy dependency management in eclipse

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Is there any tool for java that I can use to automatically download the jars for the frameworks I want to use and manage there dependencies in Eclipse. I have always admired Visual Studio and how easy it is to do stuff like that and I'm wonder if there is any capability like that for Eclipse.

Weellll Eclipse itself is pretty powerful, are u sure it can't suffice? edit: Oyaa [Maven is it](http://maven.apache.org/eclipse-plugin.html) — Caffeinated, Apr 09 '13 at 13:28

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:30

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Use Maven, along with the m2 plugin for Eclipse. It is the most common way to automatically download dependencies in the Java world.

answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:30

Eric Wilson

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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The best tool for dependency management is Maven. This would require you to maven-ify your eclipse project however.

With maven you specify your top-level dependency and Maven will work out what that dependency depends on.

Here is an SO question on converting an eclipse project to maven.

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answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:30

Boris the Spider

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:30

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You can try Ivy http://ant.apache.org/ivy/, its a bit rough start but works great.

answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:30

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Jaydeep Rajput · Answer 4 · 2013-04-09T15:21:02.917

if you use maven as build tool

You could define the dependancies in pom.xml as below which will automatically download jars(junit-4.0.jar in this case) from specified repository on maven build.

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>4.0</version>
      <type>jar</type>
      <scope>test</scope>
      <optional>true</optional>
    </dependency>
    ...
  </dependencies>

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:33

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See Apache Buildr. It's compatible with maven repositories and uses Ruby scripting language instead of tenths of XML files.

Other options is Graddle, similar to latter and Groovy-based.

answered Apr 09 '13 at 13:33

Mariusz Jamro

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By that token why not gradle? – Boris the Spider Apr 09 '13 at 13:34

Java tool for easy dependency management in eclipse

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