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Asked: 2026-06-18T03:23:49+00:00

I’m trying to build the latest version of JGit . I checked out the

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I’m trying to build the latest version of JGit. I checked out the latest version from the Git repository. According to the build instructions, I installed the dependencies via Orbit. I then ran mvn clean install which was able to compile everything and run all the tests. So this was great, there were no errors, and I can find the compiled .jar files.

I then opened Eclipse and imported the projects into a working set. For some reason, there are numerous errors in the build process.

Imports cannot be resolved:

import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.ArchiveOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveEntry;
import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarArchiveOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.tar.TarConstants;
import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveEntry;
import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipArchiveOutputStream;

And more cannot be resolved:

import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Response;

I tried installing Jetty via Eclipse (Install New Software). However, that did not resolved the issue.

Am I just not supposed to build JGit in Eclipse? All builds and testing should be done with Maven? I’m also confused as to why Jetty and Apache are being imported in some of these subprojects for JGit and they’re not listed as dependencies of JGit on the wiki.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The easiest way to install the dependencies is to use one of the target platforms, as described in Use a Target Platform. It includes all dependencies.

    As for installing from the Orbit P2 repository, the listing there was incomplete. You also need to install “Apache Commons Compress”, see updated instructions:

    http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide#Option_2:_Install_from_Orbit_P2_Repository

    Jetty can not be installed from Orbit, see here for instructions:

    http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide#JGit_HTTP_Tests

    Or again, use the target platform where Jetty is also included.

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