Versions Maven Plugin in Eclipse

Question

How can I add the Versions-Maven-Plugin to my Eclipse projects ??

I tried the Add Plugins menu option but it doesn't seem to be able to find the plugin.

Answer 1

You have to add the versions maven plugin into the reporting part of your pom to create appropriate reports about dependency updates.

<reporting>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
      <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>1.3.1</version>
      <reportSets>
        <reportSet>
          <reports>
            <report>dependency-updates-report</report>
            <report>plugin-updates-report</report>
            <report>property-updates-report</report>
          </reports>
        </reportSet>
      </reportSets>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</reporting>

You can not install the versions-maven-plugin in Eclipse, cause the version-maven-plugin is a Maven plugin and not a Eclipse plugin. But not an bad idea.