Install Liferay in a maven environment

In this page, you will found how to install the Liferay delivery and the Liferay plugin into your Maven repository.
 

Download the install files

• liferay-portal-maven-6.X.X.zip from http://sourceforge.net/projects/lportal/files/Liferay%20Portal/

• liferay-maven-support-6.X.X.zip from http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.liferay.maven/maven-support

Use the same version to your Liferay portal. It's possible to have different version into your Maven repository.

Install the Liferay delivery

• unzip liferay-portal-maven-6.X.X.zip

• To install the Liferay artifact into your Maven repository, run in a dos command:

           ant install

You will found the Liferay artifact into your Maven repository

Install the Liferay plugin and archetypes for Maven

• unzip liferay-maven-support-6.X.X.zip

• To install, run in a dos command:

          mvn install

You will found the Liferay plugin into your Maven repository

Check the installation

to check the installation, run in a dos command:
mvn archetype:generate

 You will have, may be with different numbers:

59: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-ext-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay extensions.)

60: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-hook-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay hooks.)

61: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-layouttpl-archetype (Providesan archetype to create Liferay layout templates.)

62: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-portlet-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay portlets.)

63: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-portlet-icefaces-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay ICEfaces portlets.)

64: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-portlet-jsf-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay JSF portlets.)

65: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-portlet-liferay-faces-alloy-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay Faces Alloy portlets.)

66: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-portlet-primefaces-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay PrimeFaces portlets.)

67: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-portlet-richfaces-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay RichFaces portlets.)

68: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-servicebuilder-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay Service Builder portlets.)

69: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-theme-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay themes.)

70: local -> com.liferay.maven.archetypes:liferay-web-archetype (Provides an archetype to create Liferay webs.)

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