java - Netbeans Maven Project Not adding Main Class to Manifest

Question

I am having a similar problem to this question. I have tried all the suggestions listed and am still at a loss. My issue is that I am trying to build a maven project and distribute it to other machines, but the jar files are not being populated with a correct Manifest. Each time I build and run I get the following error: no main manifest attribute, in myjar.jar. Is there some sort of configuration file I need to edit? I just don't know what is going on. I have attempted this fix also, but to no avail.

Answer 1

You can add it into project's pom file, inside <project> tag:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.4</version>
          <configuration>
              <archive>
                  <manifest>
                      <mainClass>your.main.class</mainClass>
                  </manifest>
              </archive>
          </configuration>
      </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>