Unzip dependency in maven

You can do it with dependencies:unpack-dependencies:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.2</version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <id>unpack-sigar</id>
        <phase>package<!-- or any other valid maven phase --></phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
          <includeGroupIds>org.hyperic</includeGroupIds>
          <includeArtifactIds>sigar-dist</includeArtifactIds>
          <outputDirectory>
             ${project.build.directory}/wherever/you/want/it
             <!-- or: ${project.basedir}/wherever/you/want/it -->
          </outputDirectory>
        </configuration>
      </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Reference:

• Unpacking project dependencies
• dependency:unpack-dependencies