Including slick-util in maven builds, and how to distribute?

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

I’m converting a project to lwjgl and trying to use slick-util as well (fonts/images/sounds especially). There’s no slick-util maven repo anywhere (nor slick2d itself anymore) that I can find, and I’m not sure how to properly get my maven-built jar to run with it. I’ve included local dependencies before using systemPath:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.newdawn</groupId>
        <artifactId>slick</artifactId>
        <version>237</version>
        <scope>system</scope>
        <systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/slick-util.jar</systemPath>
    </dependency>

The

maven package

process runs without issue, but when I try to run the jar, it errors out with a ClassNotFoundException. There’s no mention of slick-util in the manifest and I can’t find out how to make my game load that jar properly.

Side question: how do I ensure when I distribute my applications, the game properly installs these libraries?

Thanks!