the maven app is running with no error on netbeans ide and the clean and build are running also without errors , the dependencies i didnt mention are :(mongodb,mongodb driver,mysql,itext) i tried launch4j , the .exe file didnt open. this is the POM file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>billing-system</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>unknown-jars-temp-repo</id>
<name>A temporary repository created by NetBeans for libraries and jars it could not identify. Please replace the dependencies in this repository with correct ones and delete this repository.</name>
<url>file:${project.basedir}/lib</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.netbeans.external</groupId>
<artifactId>AbsoluteLayout</artifactId>
<version>RELEASE120</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<itext.version>7.1.13</itext.version>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>
${project.build.directory}/libs
</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
</archive>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>login</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
i tried creating a awtextra folder in lib/ and copy absolutelayout folder in it from external/ and it did not work .and this the command line error :
OneDrive\Desktop\billing-system\target>java -jar billing-system-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/netbeans/lib/awtextra/AbsoluteLayout
at login.initComponents(login.java:41)
at login.<init>(login.java:21)
Problem solved 1.installed maven 2.added configuration to java JAVA_HOME 3.added configuration to maven MAVEN_HOME 4.added plugin with goals to pom file 5.added built with dependencier to jar file 6.used launch4j for an exe file my pom file :
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>
${project.build.directory}/libs
</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
<mainClass>login</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
</archive>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>login</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>install</phase>
<goals>
<goal>java</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<mainClass>login</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
<!-- Source directory configuration -->
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
</build>