Question

I want to build a jar containing a class which I have derived from a class in second jar. I add a reference to the second jar in my project but then Netbeans copies that jar to dist/lib which I don’t really want. Is there a way to reference the second jar at compile time but not have it copied.

Specifically, I am making a custom task for Ant so I derive from org.apache.tools.ant.Task and I don’t want ant.jar copied to dist/lib.

This is with Netbeans 7.0.

Answer 1

One way of achieving this is to ‘Uncheck’ the Copy Dependent Libraries check box, which will ensure that no JAR files are copied to dist folder.

Exact Steps:

1. Right click on the project name and choose Properties option from the context menu, this will open the Project Properties dialog box.
2. Select the Build > Packaging node from the Categories tree view and uncheck the Copy Dependent Libraries check box
3. Now build the project and check that no JAR files for libraries are copied to dist folder.