> In other things I found the following, if I erase the > "/repository" directory from my local repository I get a > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: velocity at the middle of > the jar dependencies copying, if I run maven again, > everything works fine :-\. I erased that directory when I was > trying to have a new local repository but just the jar files. > > I don't know if this new or not, I'll post it into JIRA anyway.
This is a known bug - I think there are actually 2 issues in JIRA for it at the moment :) Clearing your ~/.maven/plugins directory will fix it. Cheers, Brett