Just created an empty compose-desktop project with latest IDEA/Utlimate (2022.1) and trying to add a dependency:

sourceSets {
        val jvmMain by getting {
            dependencies {
                implementation(compose.desktop.currentOs)
                implementation(files("external/libs/luaj-jse-3.0.2.jar"))
            }
        }

but the dependency is not being picked up. If I replace the path with

/foo.jar

nothing happens either, not even an error message. Any idea what is wrong?

Which one, compose or this luaj-jse?

luaj (the wizard generated the compose.desktop.currentOs line)

Well, if you use

sourceSets

and

jvmMain

you are using the

multiplatform

plugin. The notepad example uses the

jvm

plugin. That's why it's not working, You can go with

jvm

if you target

desktop

only About the jar, make sure the file is in the specified folder relative to the

build.gradle.kts

file

I guess that would explain it (although I explicitely selected a desktop single application, not a multiplatform one in the IDEA wizard). And yes the file is there...

> ls -la build.gradle.kts
-rw-r--r--  1 ypujante  staff  1143 Apr 20 10:58 build.gradle.kts
> ls -la external/libs/luaj-jse-3.0.2.jar
-rw-r--r--@ 1 ypujante  staff  354944 Apr 20 10:39 external/libs/luaj-jse-3.0.2.jar