Maven Dependency to file in resources root folder

Question

I got Java module and structure looks like:

moduleX
  -resources
   |-icons
     |_ icon.png
   |-libs
     |_ library.jar
  -src
pom.xml

resources is a folder mark as Resources Root in Intellij IDEA.

How should looks Maven dependency to get the library.jar ?

I tried as

<dependency>
    <groupId>library</groupId>
    <artifactId>library</artifactId>
    <version1.0</version>
    <scope>system</scope>
    <systemPath>${basedir}/resources/libs/library.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>

On OS X system works well but on Windows system do not work - do not find path.

Also I have set up a resources in pom.xml

<build>
    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>resources</directory>
        </resource>
    </resources>
</build>

Possible duplicate of [How to add local jar files in maven project?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4955635/how-to-add-local-jar-files-in-maven-project) — Tunaki, Feb 06 '17 at 16:07
Don't use `system`. Use the other answers in the linked question. — Tunaki, Feb 06 '17 at 16:07
There are other, better, and more supported, solutions. Install the file in your local repository with `mvn install:install-file`; or use a repository manager. — Tunaki, Feb 06 '17 at 16:12
Maybe other what without install in local repository ? I checked solutions from there but I do not find correct answer for my problem — ACz, Feb 06 '17 at 16:30
That _is_ the solution. Or you can use a file based repository, as shown here http://stackoverflow.com/a/28762617/1743880. — Tunaki, Feb 06 '17 at 16:33

Khoa Bui · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-06T21:13:50.510

I utilize this approach on my project:

Create a repo folder under project:
This folder is not necessarily marked as Resources root.
run maven command to install the jar file to local repo:

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=[path to jar]/library.jar  -DlocalRepositoryPath=[path to repo]/repo/ -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=TestLibrary -Dpackaging=jar -Dversion=1.0

Let maven recognize local repo:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>my-local-repo</id>
        <url>file://${basedir}/../repo</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Reference in pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>TestLibrary</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
</dependency>

Maven Dependency to file in resources root folder

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