As I suspected, the dependencies for RESTeasy are too numerous. I thin we need to go with Jersey. grep BuildRequires ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/resteasy.spec BuildRequires: jpackage-utils BuildRequires: java BuildRequires: java-devel BuildRequires: maven2 BuildRequires: maven-compiler-plugin BuildRequires: maven-javadoc-plugin BuildRequires: maven-install-plugin BuildRequires: maven-site-plugin BuildRequires: maven-source-plugin BuildRequires: maven-resources-plugin BuildRequires: maven-surefire-plugin BuildRequires: maven-jar-plugin #BuildRequires: maven-jdocbook-plugin BuildRequires: maven-assembly-plugin BuildRequires: jboss-jaxrpc-api_1.1_spec BuildRequires: jboss-servlet-api_3.0_spec BuildRequires: jboss-el-api_2.2_spec BuildRequires: jboss-ejb-api_3.1_spec BuildRequires: weld-cdi-1.0-api BuildRequires: codehaus-stax11-api BuildRequires: jboss-el BuildRequires: hibernate3-ejb-persistence-3.0-api #BuildRequires: hc-httpcore #BuildRequires: hc-httpclient BuildRequires: httpcomponents-project = 4.1.1-0.2.ep6.el6 BuildRequires: httpcomponents-httpcore = 4.1.3-0.2.ep6.el6 BuildRequires: httpcomponents-httpclient = 4.1.1-0.2.ep6.el6 BuildRequires: glassfish-jaxws #BuildRequires: xmlgraphics-batik #BuildRequires: xmlgraphics-commons #BuildRequires: xml-commons-resolver BuildRequires: javassist >= 0:3.9.0 BuildRequires: glassfish-javamail BuildRequires: glassfish-jaxb >= 0:2.1.9 #BuildRequires: glassfish-jaxws BuildRequires: sun-sjsxp >= 0:1.0.1 BuildRequires: tomcat6-lib >= 0:6.0.32 BuildRequires: jaxen >= 0:1.1.2 BuildRequires: jgroups >= 0:2.6.19 BuildRequires: junit4 BuildRequires: apache-abdera-core >= 0:0.4.0 BuildRequires: apache-abdera-parser >= 0:0.4.0 BuildRequires: apache-abdera-client >= 0:0.4.0 BuildRequires: apache-abdera-dependencies >= 0:0.4.0 BuildRequires: apache-james >= 0:0.6 BuildRequires: ws-commons-axiom >= 0:1.2.7 BuildRequires: codehaus-jackson-core-asl >= 0:1.0.1 BuildRequires: codehaus-jackson-jaxrs >= 0:1.0.1 BuildRequires: codehaus-jackson-mapper-asl >= 0:1.0.1 BuildRequires: codehaus-jackson-xc BuildRequires: jettison >= 0:1.2 BuildRequires: wstx >= 0:3.2.8 BuildRequires: jboss-cache-core >= 0:3.2.7 BuildRequires: jboss-common-core >= 0:2.2.17 BuildRequires: jboss-common-logging-spi >= 0:2.1.2 BuildRequires: jboss-parent BuildRequires: jyaml >= 0:1.3 BuildRequires: richfaces-highlight BuildRequires: richfaces-docs BuildRequires: richfaces-root BuildRequires: scannotation >= 0:1.0.2 BuildRequires: slf4j >= 0:1.5.8 BuildRequires: xalan-j2 >= 0:2.7.0 BuildRequires: xerces-j2 >= 0:2.9.1 BuildRequires: xml-commons >= 0:1.3.03 BuildRequires: xpp3-minimal >= 0:1.1.3.4 BuildRequires: jcip-annotations BuildRequires: zip