mvn archetype:generate is failing to download needed archetype artifacts ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: ARCHETYPE-159 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ARCHETYPE-159 Project: Maven Archetype Issue Type: Bug Components: Archetypes Environment: Windows XP, Maven 2.0.9 Reporter: Glen Mazza A fresh install of Maven 2.0.9 on Windows XP, if I issue this command: mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart I get this error message: [INFO] The desired archetype does not exist (org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0) Partial error stack: [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [archetype:generate] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Preparing archetype:generate [INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping [INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class => 'org.codehaus.plexus .velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'. [INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'. [INFO] [archetype:generate] org.apache.maven.archetype.downloader.DownloadNotFoundException: Requested downl oad does not exist. at org.apache.maven.archetype.downloader.DefaultDownloader.download(Defa ultDownloader.java:62) at org.apache.maven.archetype.common.DefaultArchetypeArtifactManager.exi sts(DefaultArchetypeArtifactManager.java:310) at org.apache.maven.archetype.ui.DefaultArchetypeGenerationConfigurator. configureArchetype(DefaultArchetypeGenerationConfigurator.java:103) The same error also happens with an archetype artifact ID of "maven-archetype-webapp" (and probably all the others as well). However, if I issue the same command but using archetype:create instead of :generate, not only will the archetype artifact correctly download (and the command work successfully), subsequent usages of archetype:generate with that same archetype artifact will also correctly run. So I think the problem is that mvn archetype:generate needs to download archetype artifacts just like mvn archetype:create does. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira