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Maven build jar with local dependencies

I want to build a jar including all dependencies with the maven-assembly-plugin.
I implemented some dependencies from the maven repository which works fine BUT I also implemented local dependencies and when running the jar I get NoClassDefFoundError.
I think that maven does not include the local dependencies to the jar.
I have a lot of local dependencies which I need to use and it would be a lot of work to install all of them manually. It would be the easiest way if it would be possible to inculde them like a path.
This is my pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>-</groupId>
<artifactId>-</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>-</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>ISO-8859-1</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>bosch</groupId>
<artifactId>jdatepicker</artifactId>
<version>1.3.2</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/localLibraries/jdatepicker-1.3.2.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
.
.
.
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>engine.RQ1Tools</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
<phase>package</phase> <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.0.8</version>
<configuration>
<mainClass>HelloFX</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M6</version>
<configuration>
<tagNameFormat>v#{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
Thank you for helping :)

groovy-all is not Included When Installing with Maven

I am trying to create a simple project where I use maven to manage dependencies and using groovy as the main script.
I've included all the necessary libraries to run the groovy script
here is my pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<project
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.randomperson.hello</groupId>
<artifactId>TryMaven</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>TryMaven</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
<version>2.5.7</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement
><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>com.randomperson.hello.App</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<compilerId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</compilerId>
<verbose>true</verbose>
<source>11</source>
<target>11</target>
</configuration>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
<artifactId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
<artifactId>groovy-eclipse-batch</artifactId>
<version>3.0.8-01</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
when i install using mvn clean install the build is successful but when i tried to execute the .jar file using java -jar file.jar it gives this error
Error: Could not find or load main class com.randomperson.hello.App
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: groovy/lang/GroovyObject
I am not quite sure how groovy work with maven but it seems that it does not include the groovy library specifically the groovy-all which is declared in dependencies.
I am using OpenJDK11 & Groovy 4.0.2
am I missing something?
Thank you in advance.

Create a .jar from a JavaFX file Maven with all java dependencies

I am trying to compile a Jave project using maven into a single executable .jar but am recieveing one of two errors:
no main manifest attribute, in csci6461-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
or one pertaining to JavaFX
Error: JavaFX runtime components are missing, and are required to run this application
I need the file to be able to be ran directly by the user, what is the best way to approach this?
This is my pom file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.csci6461</groupId>
<artifactId>csci6461</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>CSCI6461</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<junit.version>5.8.0</junit.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
<version>17.0.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-fxml</artifactId>
<version>17.0.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codeartisans.javafx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codeartisans.javafx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-deployer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>16</source>
<target>16</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Skip the tests run. -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.15</version>
<configuration>
<skipTests>true</skipTests>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Sources generation -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-sources</id>
<phase>verify</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.csci6461.ComputerSimulation</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
<phase>package</phase> <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I have also tried using an Ant build but the latter of the two errors still persist.

failsafe plugin does not pick the test classes even though I have the correct naming convention *IT.java

I have searched on the internet as well, but I could not find the exact problem that I am having.
TO explain what I am doing, I am writing selenium UI tests. I am trying to execute the test using the failsafe plugin. I am executing the maven command mvn clean verify but it does not execute any of my test classes.
However, my test classes are getting executed when I change my test class to *Test.java
I suspect that my project does not use failsafe instead uses surefire. I am posting my pom file, project structure and the build output.
POM File
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>webproject</groupId>
<artifactId>webproject</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>webproject</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.13.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.testng/testng -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.14.3</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<!--see http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging-->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.20.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.20.0</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/testng/SampleSuiteIT.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>

You have to move the maven-failsafe-plugin configuration out of <pluginManagement>..</pluginManagement>

Maven needs to run everytime after a file changes

My problem: I have to run maven clean site everytime a file is changed so that Eclipse runs the new version... Can someone help me? It's quite annoying to run clean site everytime.
This is (partially) my pom file:
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<slick2d.version>1.0.2</slick2d.version>
<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
<json.plugin.version>1.1.1</json.plugin.version>
<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
<findbugs.annotations.version>1.3.2</findbugs.annotations.version>
<javadoc.plugin.version>2.10.3</javadoc.plugin.version>
<checkstyle.plugin.version>2.17</checkstyle.plugin.version>
<pmd.plugin.version>3.6</pmd.plugin.version>
<findbugs.plugin.version>3.0.3</findbugs.plugin.version>
<cobertura.plugin.version>2.7</cobertura.plugin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency> <!-- slick2D dependency -->
<groupId>org.slick2d</groupId>
<artifactId>slick2d-core</artifactId>
<version>${slick2d.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency> <!-- junit dependency -->
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency> <!-- json dependency -->
<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
<version>${json.plugin.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency> <!-- mockito dependency -->
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>${mockito.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.findbugs</groupId>
<artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
<version>${findbugs.annotations.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin> <!-- cobertura -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${cobertura.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<instrumentation>
<excludes>
<exclude>*/CoberturaIgnore.class</exclude>
<exclude>*/highscore/HighScore.class</exclude>
<exclude>*/pop/PopBehaviour.class</exclude>
<exclude>*/ui/*.class</exclude>
</excludes>
<ignoreMethodAnnotations>
<ignoreMethodAnnotation>spiceballs.CoberturaIgnore</ignoreMethodAnnotation>
</ignoreMethodAnnotations>
</instrumentation>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- checkstyle -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${checkstyle.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<configLocation>${basedir}/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
<includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- pmd -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${pmd.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<skipEmptyReport>false</skipEmptyReport>
<includeTests>true</includeTests>
<rulesets>
<ruleset>pmd-rules.xml</ruleset>
</rulesets>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- findbugs -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${findbugs.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
<includeTests>true</includeTests>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin> <!-- javadoc report -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${javadoc.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<failOnError>false</failOnError>
</configuration>
<reportSets>
<reportSet>
<id>default</id>
<reports>
<report>javadoc</report>
</reports>
</reportSet>
</reportSets>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- cobertura report -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${cobertura.plugin.version}</version>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- checkstyle report -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${checkstyle.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<configLocation>${basedir}/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
<includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- pmd report -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${pmd.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<skipEmptyReport>false</skipEmptyReport>
<includeTests>true</includeTests>
<rulesets>
<ruleset>pmd-rules.xml</ruleset>
</rulesets>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin> <!-- findbugs report -->
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${findbugs.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
<includeTests>true</includeTests>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>

If you working within your workspace locally, you can just run -- clean compile --goals. When you are finally done and pushing to higher environments- DEV/TEST/pre-prod, then you would run all the recommended goals for your project.
Look into this link for more details on what each goal does-
https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html