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How can I execute a simple jar?

I'm trying to make a simple batch file with maven commands to execute the installation and execute the jar main class.
But the compile JAR does not have the dependencies and I get error
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
akka/actor/ActorSystem
This is my simple script
call mvn clean dependency:copy-dependencies
call mvn package
call cd target
call java -jar distributed-1.0.0.jar
pause
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>distributed</groupId>
<artifactId>distributed</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.scala-lang/scala-library -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
<version>2.11.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.typesafe.akka/akka-actor -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
<artifactId>akka-actor_2.11</artifactId>
<version>2.5.16</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>src/main/java/resources/lib
</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source/>
<target/>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<!-- Build an executable JAR -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
<mainClass>com.ipca.distributed.Implementations</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
What do I need here??

I think the easiest solution to create a runnable jar is to use Maven Assembly Plugin, or Maven Shade Plugin, or One Jar Plugin or even Spring Boot Plugin ( it's not weird if it works ). You can find some more details on how to use each one here.
These plugins are doing exactly you are trying to do with the 2 combined plugins that you have ( maven-dependency-plugin and maven-jar-plugin ).

Maven build no main manifest attribute

I'm building a small app with Maven that has dependencies and is an executable jar file.
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.company</groupId>
<artifactId>site-downloader</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.141.59</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.company.siteripper</groupId>
<artifactId>common-interfaces</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>
com.company.Main
</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
The build completes with no issues but when executing the jar it writes
no main manifest attribute, in local maven repo / my jar.
I sought aid at the docs and Baeldung too to no avail.
I seek assistance to make the jar include its dependencies and is executable at the same time.
Edit:
I updated my pom to use the jar and the dependencies plugins instead of the assembly. Here is the updated pom:
<?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.company</groupId>
<artifactId>site-downloader</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.141.59</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.company.siteripper</groupId>
<artifactId>common-interfaces</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>
com.company.Main
</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>
${project.build.directory}/libs
</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
But I get a NoClassDefFoundError when running it:
C:\Users\myusername\Documents\Commands>call java -jar
D:.m2\repository\com\company\site-downloader\1.0.0\site-downloader-1.0.0.jar
-9gag https://9gag.com/gag/arGEvRX?ref C:\Users\myusername\Documents\sites\data\android Error: A JNI error
has occurred, please check your installation and try again Exception
in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/openqa/selenium/WebDriver
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetMethodRecursive(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Unknown Source)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.validateMainClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 7 more

To create an executable jar, you have to use the following maven jar plugin. I provide below the code snippet.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>
your main class
</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
For more details, refer below the github link to get an idea of how to create executable/runnable jar.
https://github.com/debjava/runnableJar
As per docs, Maven Assembly Plugin for Maven is primarily intended to
allow users to aggregate the project output along with its
dependencies, modules, site documentation, and other files into a
single distributable archive.
Refer below the details of Maven Assembly plugin.
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/

This is how I solved your issue:
Please ignore business logic,
since I am using MongoDB, added MongoDB driver as a dependency and able to run with java -jar command.
The end goal is same as of yours.
I am using maven-shade plug-in.
Checkout project from Github source code:
unzip, build, test
OR
1. Created a maven project
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DarchetypeVersion=1.4
Update pom.xml with following, added mongo client code from OP and printing collection names
Execute
mvn clean package
Execute
java -jar test.jar
output I got is:
INFO: Opened connection [connectionId{localValue:1, serverValue:9}] to localhost:27017
Jun 01, 2019 8:17:22 PM com.mongodb.diagnostics.logging.JULLogger log
INFO: Monitor thread successfully connected to server with description ServerDescription{address=localhost:27017, type=STANDALONE, state=CONNECTED, ok=true, version=ServerVersion{versionList=[4, 0, 5]}, minWireVersion=0, maxWireVersion=7, maxDocumentSize=16777216, logicalSessionTimeoutMinutes=30, roundTripTimeNanos=2249770}
Jun 01, 2019 8:17:22 PM com.mongodb.diagnostics.logging.JULLogger log
INFO: Opened connection [connectionId{localValue:2, serverValue:10}] to localhost:27017
admin
config
local
test
[XenonSuite] Successfully connected to MongoDB
pom.xml(ignore package names)
Check shade plugin configuration
<?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>test</groupId>
<artifactId>test</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>test</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>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<mainClass>test.App</mainClass>
</properties>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<dependencies>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.mongodb/mongo-java-driver -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
<version>3.10.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<mainClass>test.App</mainClass>
</transformer>
</transformers>
<finalName>test</finalName>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
There are multiple ways to solve this problem
Ref: https://www.baeldung.com/executable-jar-with-maven

Eclipse, JavaFX: Code runs in IDE, but not in runnable jar

I'm currently trying to port my project to javafx11. For testing, I'm trying to create a runnable jar file with the hello-world-example from the tutorial page. I included the vm-modules, to prevent the error
Error: JavaFX runtime components are missing, and are required to run this application.
In eclipse, everything works fine, but when I export the project as a runnable jar file, the error returns when I try to run the jar.
When I export the jar-file, I choose the same run configuration as the app and I chose to extract required libraries into generated jar.
EDIT: As it was recommended, I'm currently trying to create a runnable jar with maven. The bhild succeds, but I can't execute it.
The pom.xml looks like this
<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>Mpp_App</groupId>
<artifactId>Mpp_App</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Dacemo</name>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<configuration>
<release>11</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.0.2</version>
<configuration>
<mainClass>Start</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<!-- Build an executable JAR -->
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>Start</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.jfoenix</groupId>
<artifactId>jfoenix</artifactId>
<version>9.0.8</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itextpdf -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
<version>5.5.13</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
<artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
<version>2.0.15</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
On trying to execute it, I get the error
Could not find or laod main class Start
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javafx/application/Application
Is the Start.java defined wrongly? In the eclipse project structure, the Start.java lies in the default package.

No classDefinitionFound error Spring Boot

I'm getting the following error when trying to run my jar file on the command line:
$ java -jar target/Controller-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication
at com.vismark.Controller.App.main(App.java:11)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 1 more
The project runs just fine on eclipse, but this error shows up when running it via commandline.
Below is my 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>com.vismark</groupId>
<artifactId>Controller</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Controller</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.vismark.Controller.App</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I'm likely missing something in my pom, I;m just not sure what it is. Where did I go wrong?

You most likely want to package an executable JAR. Since you are using Spring Boot you should follow chapter 71. Spring Boot Maven Plugin which explains how to do it using Spring Boot Maven Plugin.
Normally this is done by adding following build configuration to your pom.xml which be trigger during package phase.
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4.RELEASE</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
As a note you are using ancient JUnit 3.8.1, you really should upgrade.

maven ear with war overlay

i have following war project:
<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>
...
<properties>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</properties>
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sixgroup.rdx.common</groupId>
<artifactId>rdx-common-web</artifactId>
<type>war</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sixgroup.rdx.common</groupId>
<artifactId>rdx-common-web</artifactId>
<version>${rdx-common.version}</version>
<type>jar</type>
<classifier>classes</classifier>
</dependency>
...
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<!-- <version>3.3</version> -->
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
<configuration>
<overlays>
<overlay>
<groupId>com.sixgroup.rdx.common</groupId>
<artifactId>rdx-common-web</artifactId>
<exludes>
<exclude>WEB-INF/lib/*.jar</exclude>
<exclude>WEB-INF/classes/**/*.class</exclude>
</exludes>
</overlay>
</overlays>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
this generates a beautiful war with the common-web .xhtml Files in the root dir and the classes of the common-web as jar in the web-inf/lib folder.
But now when i build the ear, the overlay of this war is ignored, so the excludes don't work and because of this i get an error when deploying (A component named 'FooBar' is already defined in this module)
This is the webModule in my ear-pom:
<webModule>
<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
<artifactId>rdp-pricedata-web</artifactId>
<bundleFileName>rdp-pricedata-web.war</bundleFileName>
<unpack>true</unpack>
</webModule>
is there a way to force the ear to accept the overlay in the war?