Build Maven Project Without Running Unit Tests

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How do you build a Maven project without running unit tests?

Currently restructuring some code I have for a Servlet and would like to try it out in my web browser (which means running mvn install to get the .war to upload to Tomcat). I'm fully aware my UNIT tests are failing and I'm fine with that because I will fix it once I have the code the way I want. Can anyone advise?

How about NetBeans IDE? – Dariush Jafari Jun 14 '15 at 11:28 — Dariush Jafari, Jun 14 '15 at 11:28

score 489 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 21 '19 at 07:15

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If you want to skip running and compiling tests:

mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true install

If you want to compile but not run tests:

mvn install -DskipTests

edited Dec 21 '19 at 07:15

Mohammed H

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answered Oct 22 '09 at 13:47

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In the case of tomcat: tomcat:deploy -DskipTests – chelder May 22 '13 at 23:13
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I tried `mvn install -DskipTests` and it still ran all of the tests. – Eric Oct 01 '20 at 04:23
Unknown lifecycle phase ".test.skip=true" – dudeNumber4 Apr 26 '22 at 12:23
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on Windows Powershell that would be mvn "-Dmaven.test.skip=true" install – Christian Meister Jun 22 '22 at 05:37

score 40 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 21 '15 at 11:26

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If you are using eclipse there is a "Skip Tests" checkbox on the configuration page.

Run configurations → Maven Build → New → Main tab → Skip Tests

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answered Mar 04 '13 at 18:19

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`Goals: clean install` – Elazar Jun 21 '15 at 11:19

score 14 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 31 '20 at 13:12

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Run following command:

mvn clean install -DskipTests=true

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answered Mar 24 '16 at 09:34

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score 10 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 07 '18 at 15:02

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With Intellij Toggle Skip Test Mode can be used from Maven Projects tab:

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answered Mar 07 '18 at 09:41

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score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 19 '18 at 18:59

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mvn clean install -Dskiptests=true

Now, the only difference from the answers above is that the "T" is in lower case.

edited Jan 19 '18 at 18:59

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answered Jun 02 '17 at 21:58

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 26 '17 at 11:54

I like short version: mvn clean install -DskipTests

It's work too: mvn clean install -DskipTests=true

If you absolutely must, you can also use the maven.test.skip property to skip compiling the tests. maven.test.skip is honored by Surefire, Failsafe and the Compiler Plugin. mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true

and you can add config in maven.xml

<project>
      [...]
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.16</version>
            <configuration>
              <skipTests>true</skipTests>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
      [...]
    </project>

score -3 · Answer 7 · answered May 01 '16 at 14:50

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If you call your classes tests Maven seems to run them automatically, at least they did for me. Rename the classes and Maven will just go through to verification without running them.

answered May 01 '16 at 14:50

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