Getting sbt-assembly working
jar, sbt, sbt-assembly, scala, typesafe-stack
Solution
There are two points here. One is that SBT plugins are not just library dependencies -- in particular, they use the current SBT version in a similar way that other Scala libraries use the Scala version. The other is that `libraryDependencies` in `project/Build.scala` affects the dependencies for the project, not for the build.
An SBT full build is itself an SBT project, just located one level down the directory tree, and so can have a build of its own configured the same way a normal build is. Unlike a normal build, where going for a "full build" is necessary under a handful of circumstances, there is almost never a reason to use a full build for a build, so using `.sbt` files located in `project/` is almost always sufficient.
The other issue is the versioning. SBT has a utility function called `addSbtPlugin` that handles everything for you. It takes a moduleID and adds all the necessary SBT and Scala versioning information.
So, to get sbt-assembly working in a full build, you create a `.sbt` file in under `project/` (conventionally either `project/build.sbt` or `project/plugins.sbt`) and place your build's resolvers and dependencies there:
resolvers += Resolver.url("artifactory", url("http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)
addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.8.3")
Problem
So thus far I've been compiling my Scala project with SBT (via Typesafe stack). I want to run the code across several machines now, via sbt-assembly. Following directions, the only one change I made was in my `project/Build.scala` file. Here is the related part: ``` resolvers += "Typesafe Releases" at "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases", resolvers += "artifactory" at "http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases", libraryDependencies += "com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.8.3" ``` When I run `sbt compile` however, I get this error: `sbt.ResolveException: unresolved dependency: com.eed3si9n#sbt-assembly/scala_2.9.1/sbt_0.11.2;0.8.3: not found`. What am I doing wrong? Thanks! EDIT Created a `build.sbt` file in the same folder as `Build.scala` (folder is `/project/`) and have these two lines in it: ``` Seq[Setting[_]](resolvers += "artifactory" at "http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases", addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.8.3")) ``` Now the error is: ``` [warn] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [warn] :: UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES :: [warn] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [warn] :: com.eed3si9n#sbt-assembly;0.8.3: not found [warn] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: [warn] [warn] Note: Some unresolved dependencies have extra attributes. Check that these dependencies exist with the requested attributes. [warn] com.eed3si9n:sbt-assembly:0.8.3 (sbtVersion=0.11.2, scalaVersion=2.9.1) [warn] [error] {file:/Users/myname/current/projectname/project/}default-d7da9a/*:update: sbt.ResolveException: unresolved dependency: com.eed3si9n#sbt-assembly;0.8.3: not found ``` EDIT 2 Hm, after I do a successful `sbt compile`, should I just be able to enter the `sbt` console and type in `assembly`? ``` > assembly [error] Not a valid command: assembly [error] Not a valid project ID: assembly [error] Not a valid configuration: assembly [error] Not a valid key: assembly [error] assembly [error] ``` EDIT 3 JK got it. Had to add the `build.sbt` info as specified in the GitHub README.