Build RPM or Deb or Both file through maven build - plugins

Question

I would like to create an OS package from a Maven project file according to the OS in question. The package may be RPM , Deb or something else. In the case of Deb packages, this could be done for example with the jdeb plugin.

Answer 1

We can use profile in pom.xml to creates one of file from deb or rpm .The profile structure are as follows:-
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>rpm</id>
<activation>
<os>
<family>linux</family>
</os>
</activation>
<build>
<finalName>Finalname</finalName>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.springsource.bundlor</groupId>
<artifactId>com.springsource.bundlor.maven</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.M1B</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<inherited>false</inherited>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
<configuration>
<webResources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<filtering>false</filtering>
</resource>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/java</directory>
<filtering>true</filtering>
</resource>
<resource>
<!-- this is relative to the pom.xml directory -->
<directory>src/test/java</directory>
<!-- <excludes> <exclude>**/*Test.java</exclude> <exclude>**/*AllTests.java</exclude>
<exclude>**/*.java</exclude> </excludes> -->
</resource>
</webResources>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>false</skip>
<includes>
<include>**/*.java</include>
</includes>
<redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
<printSummary>true</printSummary>
<useFile>true</useFile>
<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>
org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner
</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>rpm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<id>package-development</id>
<goals>
<goal>rpm</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<copyright>No body</copyright>
<group>Development</group>
<description>MavenRecipe:RPMPackage.</description>
<mappings>
<mapping>
<directory>/opt/tomcat/webapps/${project.build.finalName}</directory>
<sources>
<source>
<location>target/${project.build.finalName}</location>
</source>
</sources>
</mapping>
</mappings>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>deb</id>
<activation>
<os>
<family>linux</family>
</os>
</activation>
<build>
<finalName>FinalName</finalName>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.springsource.bundlor</groupId>
<artifactId>com.springsource.bundlor.maven</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.M1B</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<inherited>false</inherited>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.vafer</groupId>
<artifactId>jdeb</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>deb</id>
<phase>install</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jdeb</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<verbose>true</verbose>
<deb>target/${project.build.finalName}${project.version}.deb</deb>
<controlDir>/home/dbobra/Workspace/project-workspace/projectname/src/deb/control</controlDir>
<dataSet>
<data>
<src>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</src>
<type>directory</type>
<mapper>
<type>perm</type>
<prefix>/home/dbobra/installed/tomcat/webapps/${project.build.finalName}</prefix>
</mapper>
</data>
</dataSet>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
If you need to create both file you have build with this command
mvn clean install -e
If you need to create deb file only then you use command
mvn clean install -P '!rpm' -e
If you need to create rpm file only then you use command
mvn clean install -P '!deb' -e
Hope this stuff works on your problems.