# Multi project setup without jar files generated?

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/multi-project-setup-without-jar-files-generated/4205>\
**Category:** Old Forum Archive\
**Created:** [December 19, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/multi-project-setup-without-jar-files-generated/4205 "2014-12-19T12:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markus\_Kohler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/markus_kohler/32/621_2.png) [@Markus\_Kohler](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Markus_Kohler)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/multi-project-setup-without-jar-files-generated/4205/1 "2014-12-19T12:59:00Z")

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Hi all, Is there an easy way to setup a multiple projects in such a way that no jar files a generated and the projects just depend on the other projects path containing the compiled classes?

Regards, Markus

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**Author:** ![cmcginty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/cmcginty/32/2209_2.png) [@cmcginty](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/cmcginty)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/multi-project-setup-without-jar-files-generated/4205/2 "2014-12-25T20:06:00Z")

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You can collect all the classes into a single jar or dir if that is what you mean. You will likely need to have some .jar files in your build dirs, however. These would be the intermediate artifacts.