SpringBoot no main manifest attribute (maven)

Question

When running my jar file: java -jar target/places-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

I'm getting the next error :

no main manifest attribute, in target/places-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

The pom.xml contains the spring-boot-maven-plugin:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <mainClass>com.places.Main</mainClass>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

I also tried to create a MANIFEST.MF file and specifying the class, but it didnt help.

In addition, I also tried:

<properties>
      <!-- The main class to start by executing "java -jar" -->
      <start-class>com.places.Main</start-class>
</properties>

Main class:

@SpringBootApplication
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        SpringApplication.run(Main.class,args);
    }
}

Any idea what else can I try?

Answer 1

Try adding repackage goal to execution goals.

Otherwise you would need to call the plugin explicitly as mvn package spring-boot:repackage.

With the goal added, you have to call only mvn package.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <mainClass>com.places.Main</mainClass>
    </configuration>

    <executions>
        <execution>
            <goals>
                <goal>repackage</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>