Hi Ted, My mvn version
$ mvn --version Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 02:44:56-0600) Maven home: /usr/local/apache-maven-3.0.4 Java version: 1.6.0_26, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "linux", version: "3.0.0-12-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix" step 2 $ svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/trunk hbase step3 Under the workspace mvn clean package -DskipTests Build was successful step 3 mvn eclipse:eclipse ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project hbase-server: Could not resolve dependencies for project org.apache.hbase:hbase-server:jar:0.95-SNAPSHOT: Failure to find org.apache.hbase:hbase-common:jar:0.95-SNAPSHOT in http://repository-netty.forge.cloudbees.com/snapshot/ was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of cloudbees netty has elapsed or updates are forced -> [Help 1] I also used Maven Eclipse plugin and ran the maven-generate sources command from eclipse I get the same error ! Could you please help me on this . Atleast could you provide a brief outline of the checking out and compilation process..It would really help me out ! I initially followed the procedure on http://michaelmorello.blogspot.com/2011/09/hbase-subversion-eclipse-windows.html I am working under a professor at UTD trying to learn HBase. I have been installing uninstalling and getting struck at the initial step ! :( Any help would be highly appreciated. -- _________________________________________________________ Regards, Varun