How To Install maven-shade-plugin on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-shade-plugin in Fedora 36. maven-shade-plugin is Maven plugin for packaging artifacts in an uber-jar

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-shade-plugin on Fedora 36.

What is `maven-shade-plugin`

This plugin provides the capability to package the artifact in an uber-jar, including its dependencies and to shade - i.e. rename - the packages of some of the dependencies.

We can use yum or dnf to install maven-shade-plugin on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install maven-shade-plugin.

Install maven-shade-plugin on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install maven-shade-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install maven-shade-plugin

Install maven-shade-plugin on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install maven-shade-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install maven-shade-plugin

How To Uninstall maven-shade-plugin on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the maven-shade-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove maven-shade-plugin

maven-shade-plugin Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/java/maven-shade-plugin
/usr/share/java/maven-shade-plugin/maven-shade-plugin.jar
/usr/share/licenses/maven-shade-plugin
/usr/share/licenses/maven-shade-plugin/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/maven-shade-plugin/NOTICE
/usr/share/maven-metadata/maven-shade-plugin.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/maven-shade-plugin
/usr/share/maven-poms/maven-shade-plugin/maven-shade-plugin.pom

References

maven-shade-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-shade-plugin on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).