SBT Assembly build settings to allow Spark App to work in jar. Just add to your current settings
assemblyMergeStrategy in assembly := {
case PathList("javax", "servlet", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.last
case PathList("javax", "activation", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.last
case PathList("org", "apache", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.last
case PathList("com", "google", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.last
case PathList("com", "esotericsoftware", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.last
case PathList("com", "codahale", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.last
case PathList("com", "yammer", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.last
case "about.html" => MergeStrategy.rename
case "META-INF/ECLIPSEF.RSA" => MergeStrategy.last
case "META-INF/mailcap" => MergeStrategy.last
case "META-INF/mimetypes.default" => MergeStrategy.last
case "plugin.properties" => MergeStrategy.last
case "log4j.properties" => MergeStrategy.last
case x =>
val oldStrategy = (assemblyMergeStrategy in assembly).value
oldStrategy(x)
}
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
("org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "1.4.1").
exclude("org.mortbay.jetty", "servlet-api").
exclude("commons-beanutils", "commons-beanutils-core").
exclude("commons-collections", "commons-collections").
exclude("commons-logging", "commons-logging").
exclude("com.esotericsoftware.minlog", "minlog")
)