Maven package/install without test (skip tests)

Question

I am trying to package my project. But, it automatically runs the tests previous do performing the packaging. The tests insert some content in the database. This is not what I want, I need to avoid running tests while package the application. Anybody knows how run the package with out test?

Answer 1

Run maven with

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Answer 2

Just provide the command mentioned below, which will ignore executing the test cases (but will compile the test code):

mvn package -DskipTests

Answer 3

you can add this plugin configuration to your pom if you do not want to set command line arg:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <configuration>
    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Answer 4

Note that -Dmaven.test.skip prevents Maven building the test-jar artifact.

If you'd like to skip tests but create artifacts as per a normal build use:

-Dmaven.test.skip.exec

Answer 5

If you are trying this in Windows Powershell, you will get this error:

[ERROR] Unknown lifecycle phase ".test.skip=true". You must specify a valid lifecycle phase or a goal in the format...

The reason for this is, in Powershell the "-" has special meaning and it is causing problem with maven.

The solution is to prepend it with a backtick (`), like so..

mvn `-Dmaven.test.skip=true install 

Reference: http://kuniganotas.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/invalid-task-test-skiptrue-you-must-specify-a-valid-lifecycle-phase/

Answer 6

<properties>
    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
</properties>

is also a way to add in pom file

Answer 7

You only have to provide

-Dmaven.test.skip

You no longer need to append =true.

Answer 8

You can pass the maven.test.skip flag as a JVM argument, to skip running tests when the package phase (and the previous ones in the default lifecycle) is run:

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

You can also pass the skipTests flag alone to the mvn executable. If you want to include this information in your POM, you can create a new profile where you can configure the maven-surefire-plugin to skip tests.

Answer 9

In Inllij IDEA there is an option also to skip test goal.

Answer 10

You can add either -DskipTests or -Dmaven.test.skip=true to any mvn command for skipping tests. In your case it would be like below:

mvn package -DskipTests

OR

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Answer 11

Answering an old and accepted question here. You can add this in your pom.xml if you want to avoid passing command line argument all the time:

  <properties>
    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
  </properties>

Answer 12

just mvn clean install -DskipTests

Answer 13

A shorthand notation to do maven build and skip tests would be :

mvn clean install -DskipTests

Answer 14

Below two commands are most useful

mvn clean package -Dmaven.test.skip=true 
mvn clean package -DskipTests

Thanks

Answer 15

Tests should always[1] run before package. If you need to turn off the tests, you're doing something wrong. In other words, you're trying to solve the wrong problem. Figure out what your problem really is, and ask that question. It sounds like it's database-related.

[1] You might skip tests when you need to quickly generate an artifact for local, development use, but in general, creating an artifact should always follow a successful test run.

Answer 16

For maven package without infecting maven test:

<properties>
    <maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
</properties>

Answer 17

In Intellij, go to View -> Tool Windows -> choose Maven Projects. On the Lifecyle dropdown, right-click on package -> choose Create 'your-project [package]'...

Enter this value: package -Dmaven.test.skip=true -f pom.xml in the Command line field. Click Apply and a Run Configurations dropdown menu should appear along with your created custom maven command.

Answer 18

You are, obviously, doing it the wrong way. Testing is an important part of pre-packaging. You shouldn't ignore or skip it, but rather do it the right way. Try changing the database to which it inserts the data(like test_db). It may take a while to set it up. And to make sure this database can be used forever, you should delete all the data by the end of tests. JUnit4 has annotations which make it easy for you. Use @Before, @After @Test annotations for the right methods. You need to spend sometime on it, but it will be worth it!

Answer 19

mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true

worked for me since the -Dskip did not work anymore.

Answer 20

mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

Answer 21

The best and the easiest way to do it, in IntelliJ Idea in the window “Maven Project”, and just don’t click on the test button. I hope, I helped you. Have a good day :)