MAVEN(1)

💖 MAVEN(1) — like, the manual page, bestie 💖

okay so real talk, this is the page for Maven, and it's giving "I make links out of jars that are already chillin' in /usr/share/maven-repo". that's the whole personality. and honestly? iconic. no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

Maven — creates a link from a jar already installed in /usr/share/maven-repo. that's it, that's the job, and she does it flawlessly. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mh_linkrepojar [option]... [pom] [link]...

so the actual command you're running is mh_linkrepojar, not maven itself — plot twist, I know. anyway, the vibes are: some options, then a pom, then some links. slay. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie, here's the tea: this thing creates symlinks from the jar in the Maven repository to any location, and usually that location is a file sitting in /usr/share/java. very "I'll meet you where you're at" of it. 💖

now let's break down the two positional little guys, because they matter:

• [pom] — this is the location of the POM associated with the jar you wanna install. and like, the GroupId, artifactId and version all get extracted from this file. she reads the POM so you don't have to. 🎀
• [link] — this is a link to the jar you're installing. usually there should be a link to usr/share/java/$jar.jar and usr/share/java/$jar-$version.jar so you comply with the Java packaging guidelines. yes, both. the guidelines said so. 👑

🫶 heads up though: there's no need to specify those particular links if you use the --java-lib option. so like, don't do extra work for no reason, queen.

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -h, --help — show this text. self-care, honestly. 💅
• -V, --version — show the version. because sometimes you just gotta know what era you're in. ✨
• -p<package>, --package=<package> — the package to act on. that's the one, that's your girl. 🎯
• -r<rules>, --rules=<rules> — gives the location of the rules file for special properties. it's Optional, and the default location is debian/maven.rules. so if you don't say anything, she'll just assume debian/maven.rules and honestly? queen of knowing what you meant. 🌈
• -c<classifier>, --classifier=<classifier> — Optional, the classifier for the jar in the Maven repository. it's Empty by default. so like, no classifier unless you bring one. 🍓
• -v, --verbose — show more information while running. she's gonna talk more. love that for her. 💜
• -n, --no-act — don't actually do anything, just print the results. a dry run, a dress rehearsal, a lil preview before the main character moment. nothing gets touched, promise. 🔥

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💫 one last thing 💫

this whole page is Maven Repo Helper version 1.7.1, dated September 2025, and honestly she ate. go make some symlinks, bestie, you got this. mwah. 😭💖🎀

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