Inspecting the upstream distribution from Apache reveals that several libraries are required to run Maven. Try this:
wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.3.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.tar.gz tar -tf apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.tar.gz | grep '\.jar' | sort You'll get: boot/plexus-classworlds-2.5.2.jar lib/aether-api-1.0.2.v20150114.jar lib/aether-connector-basic-1.0.2.v20150114.jar lib/aether-impl-1.0.2.v20150114.jar lib/aether-spi-1.0.2.v20150114.jar lib/aether-transport-wagon-1.0.2.v20150114.jar lib/aether-util-1.0.2.v20150114.jar lib/aopalliance-1.0.jar lib/cdi-api-1.0.jar lib/commons-cli-1.2.jar lib/commons-io-2.2.jar lib/commons-lang-2.6.jar lib/guava-18.0.jar lib/javax.inject-1.jar lib/jsoup-1.7.2.jar lib/jsr250-api-1.0.jar lib/maven-aether-provider-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-artifact-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-builder-support-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-compat-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-core-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-embedder-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-model-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-model-builder-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-plugin-api-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-repository-metadata-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-settings-3.3.3.jar lib/maven-settings-builder-3.3.3.jar lib/org.eclipse.sisu.inject-0.3.0.jar lib/org.eclipse.sisu.plexus-0.3.0.jar lib/plexus-cipher-1.7.jar lib/plexus-component-annotations-1.5.5.jar lib/plexus-interpolation-1.21.jar lib/plexus-sec-dispatcher-1.3.jar lib/plexus-utils-3.0.20.jar lib/sisu-guice-3.2.5-no_aop.jar lib/slf4j-api-1.7.5.jar lib/slf4j-simple-1.7.5.jar lib/wagon-file-2.9.jar lib/wagon-http-2.9-shaded.jar lib/wagon-http-shared-2.9.jar lib/wagon-provider-api-2.9.jar That's a total of 42 jars not downloaded from the Maven Central repository, try removing one of them and Maven breaks. For this reason I'm changing the status to invalid, because the assertion that maven should depend on nothing is wrong. ** Changed in: maven (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029284 Title: The Maven package should not depend on artefacts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maven/+bug/1029284/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
