mvn-dependency
goals manage Maven dependencies
TLDR
Show dependency tree
$ mvn dependency:tree
Analyze dependencies$ mvn dependency:analyze
List dependencies$ mvn dependency:list
Copy dependencies$ mvn dependency:copy-dependencies
Resolve dependencies$ mvn dependency:resolve
Verbose tree showing conflict resolution$ mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose
Filter tree by scope$ mvn dependency:tree -Dscope=[compile]
Purge local copies and re-resolve$ mvn dependency:purge-local-repository
SYNOPSIS
mvn dependency:goal [options]
DESCRIPTION
The maven-dependency-plugin provides goals for analyzing, listing, copying, and resolving Maven project dependencies. The tree goal is the most commonly used, displaying the full transitive dependency tree with conflict resolution details when -Dverbose is enabled. The analyze goal identifies dependencies that are declared but unused, or used but not explicitly declared.
PARAMETERS
GOAL
Dependency plugin goal.tree
Display dependency tree.analyze
Analyze used/unused deps.list
List all dependencies.copy-dependencies
Copy deps to target.resolve
Resolve and download all dependencies to the local repository.purge-local-repository
Remove project dependencies from the local repository and optionally re-resolve them.-Dscope SCOPE
Filter by dependency scope (compile, runtime, test, provided, system).-Dincludes PATTERN
Filter output to matching artifacts (groupId:artifactId:type:version pattern, supports wildcards).-DoutputFile FILE
Write output to a file instead of stdout (supported by tree, list, resolve).
INSTALL
sudo dnf install maven
sudo pacman -S maven
sudo apk add maven
sudo zypper install maven
brew install maven
nix profile install nixpkgs#maven
CAVEATS
Requires a valid pom.xml. Network access is needed for initial resolution. The analyze goal cannot detect dependencies used only via reflection.
HISTORY
The Maven Dependency Plugin is part of Apache Maven, providing dependency analysis since early Maven versions.
SEE ALSO
mvn(1), mvn-deploy(1), gradle(1)