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Once this is done, you will need Maven 2 (minimum is Maven 23 (recommended Maven version is 3.2.5, which still supports JDK 1.6) to build the project. The dependencies required for building and constructing IzPack are automatically downloaded by Maven over the Internet.

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To run a complete build, just do "mvn installclean package" in the root of the project directory.

If all tests success, an IzPack installer is produced in izpack-dist/target/izpack-dist-${project.version}-izpack.jar

IDE support

We do not provide IDE-specific project files. We won't add them back to the source code either. Instead, everything is on Maven.

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Otherwise you can use the Eclipse Maven pluginIntegration to generate project files for you:

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Netbeans is a friend of Maven too!

http://wiki.netbeans.org/MavenBestPracticesSee NetBeans Platform Quick Start Using Maven guide for more information.