Using Medley.core lib in clojure repl

Question

Is there a way to use the medley library directly in clojure's repl without adding it to the :dependencies in the project.clj file? Something like (use 'medley.core)?

Answer 1

You could add pomegranate to your $HOME/.lein/profiles.clj file

{:user {
    :dependencies [[com.cemerick/pomegranate "0.3.0"]]
 }}

Then, from the repl, you can require pomegranate functions with:

 (use '[cemerick.pomegranate :only (add-dependencies)])

Then add your dependency like this:

  (add-dependencies
     :coordinates '[[incanter "1.2.3"]]
     :repositories {"clojars" "http://clojars.org/repo"}))

Most of the time, Clojure libraries do use a maven compatible repository named clojars, hence the extra repository, but if the library is on the maven central, no need for the extra repository definition.

For example, bootstrap-clj is on central, so in that case, the below is enough:

  (add-dependencies 
   :coordinates '[[com.github.sebhoss/bootstrap-clj "2.0.0"]])

Voila.