Cannot install transitive dependencies

[nanafan93]

I am trying to install the latest version of DynamicJasper using gradle and keep getting an where it can't find a transitive dependency.

Could not find com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.30.jaspersoft.2. It tells me that the dependency is required by DJ -> Jasper -> like so Required by XXX > ar.com.fdvs:DynamicJasper:5.3.9 > net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports:6.20.4

Do I need to look for it in a specific repository ?

[danielpeintner]

I don't know your setup but you might want to add net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports:6.21.3 as dependency in your POM/gradle which resolves fine in my case.

[nanafan93]

Yeah it worked fine with 6.20.3 as well but here's the problem.

I was looking at the pom.xml in this project and it specifies the following.

        <dependency>
            <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
            <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
            <version>[6.20.1, 6.20.4]</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
                    <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>bouncycastle</groupId>
                    <artifactId>bcmail-jdk14</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>bouncycastle</groupId>
                    <artifactId>bcprov-jdk14</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>

Gradle by default tries to get the latest version i.e 6.20.4 but fails to do so. I wonder if this is worth addressing since it is not working out of the box. I wonder if it even can be addressed here since its failing to pull a dependency which has nothing to do with this project really... Just want to get an idea of what action is recommended in such a case

[danielpeintner]

2 points:

1. Jasperreport changed the dependency from iText to librepdf some months ago. Maybe that is causing problems
2. DynamicJasper is missing recent activity, and I don't see anyone working on it. It is a pity but unless someone picks up the work, I don't think anything will change in the near future (I hope I am wrong).