Deploy on MavenLocal

Warning

This library is under development and has not been published to MavenCentral yet. However, you can still use it in your projects by downloading the source code, building it, and deploying the artifacts to MavenLocal.

What is MavenLocal?¶

MavenLocal is a local repository for Maven artifacts, storing remote artifacts cached during builds and any locally built or deployed artifacts.

Why Deploy to MavenLocal?¶

When building gtk-kn from source, the artifacts are not automatically available to other projects on your system. By deploying gtk-kn artifacts to MavenLocal, you make them accessible to any other projects that rely on them—a helpful workaround until the library is published to MavenCentral.

Steps to Deploy to MavenLocal¶

Clone the repository:

git clone https://gitlab.com/gtk-kn/gtk-kn.git

Generate the binding source code:
```
./gradlew :gir:run
```
Compile the bindings:
```
./gradlew assemble
```

Install to MavenLocal:

./gradlew publishToMavenLocal :gradle-plugin:publishToMavenLocal

Verify the installation by checking the ~/.m2/repository directory.
In your project’s settings.gradle.kts, add mavenLocal() to the repositories block:
```
repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    // other repositories
}
```

Your project should now be able to locate and use gtk-kn as a dependency.

Note: Remove mavenLocal() from settings.gradle.kts once the library is published to MavenCentral.