Slightly lame suggestion, but... have you tried a different JVM, not forgetting to set JAVA_HOME? From your stack trace it's a JVM error, and nothing to do with settings.xml files.
> -----Original Message----- > From: RFatton [mailto:conorg...@hotmail.com] > Sent: 11 August 2009 14:00 > To: users@maven.apache.org > Subject: FATAL ERROR: Unable to read settings.xml > > > Hi all, > > New to maven, having trouble getting it working. > > I'm using ubuntu and ran "sudo apt-get install maven2" for install. > > Also added M2_HOME=/usr/share/maven2, export M2=$M2_HOME/bin, > export PATH=$M2:$PATH to enviroment. > > When I run mvn -version I get: > > Maven version: 2.0.9 > Java version: 1.5.0 > OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.24-23-xen" arch: "x86_64" > Family: "unix" > > But when I try to do anything with mvn I get an error (full > error below) saying Unable to read settings.xml. > > I've found the setting.xml at /etc/maven2/settings.xml > (/usr/share/maven2/conf is linked to this file location) so > tried "mvn -s /etc/maven2/settings.xml" and "mvn -s > /usr/share/maven2/conf/settings.xml" > resulting in the sam error. > > Tried copying settings.xml to ~/.m2, same error. > > Same error when i tried very smiple settings.xml file with: > > <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 > http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd";> > <proxies> > <proxy> > <active>true</active> > <protocol>http</protocol> > <host>MYPROXY</host> > <port>8080</port> > </proxy> > </proxies> > > </settings> > > and > > <settings> > <proxies> > <proxy> > <active>true</active> > <protocol>http</protocol> > <host>MYPROXY</host> > <port>8080</port> > </proxy> > </proxies> > > </settings> > > > Does this error mean that maven can't find the settings.xml > file? (if so how do I fix it) > > How do I know which settings.xml file is being used, system or user? > > Do I need to edit settings.xml from it's default at the > beginning? If so wouldn't one of the simple versions I hev work? > > Thanks for help, > > > > > ERROR: > > When I try "mvn -e package": > > + Error stacktraces are turned on. > ----------------------------------------------------- > this realm = plexus.core > urls[0] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/jsch.jar > urls[1] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/wagon-provider-api.jar > urls[2] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/wagon-file.jar > urls[3] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/doxia-sink-api.jar > urls[4] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/maven2.jar > urls[5] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/plexus-interactivity-api.jar > urls[6] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/wagon-ssh.jar > urls[7] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/wagon-ssh-external.jar > urls[8] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/xml-apis.jar > urls[9] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/plexus-interpolation.jar > urls[10] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/plexus-container-default.jar > urls[11] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/wagon-ssh-common.jar > urls[12] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/wagon-http-shared.jar > urls[13] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/wagon-http-lightweight.jar > urls[14] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/commons-cli.jar > urls[15] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/plexus-utils.jar > urls[16] = file:/usr/share/maven2/lib/jtidy.jar > Number of imports: 0 > ----------------------------------------------------- > FATAL ERROR: Unable to read settings.xml Error stacktrace: > org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLo > okupException: > Unable to lookup component > 'org.apache.maven.settings.MavenSettingsBuilder', > it could not be created > at > org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexu > sContainer.java:335) > at org.codehaus.plexus.embed.Embedder.lookup(Embedder.java:78) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.buildSettings(MavenCli.java:309) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:191) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(libgcj.so.90) > at > org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) > at > org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) > Caused by: > org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.ComponentInstantiationEx > ception: Could not instanciate component: role: > 'org.apache.maven.settings.MavenSettingsBuilder', implementation: > 'org.apache.maven.settings.DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder' > at > org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.java.JavaComponentFactor > y.makeException(JavaComponentFactory.java:77) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.java.JavaComponentFactor > y.newInstance(JavaComponentFactory.java:62) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.createComponentInst > ance(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:1464) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.AbstractComponentManager > .createComponentInstance(AbstractComponentManager.java:93) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.component.manager.ClassicSingletonComponen > tManager.getComponent(ClassicSingletonComponentManager.java:92) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexu > sContainer.java:331) > ...8 more > Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org.apache.maven.settings.DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder > at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.90) > at java.lang.Class.newInstance(libgcj.so.90) > at > org.codehaus.plexus.component.factory.java.JavaComponentFactor > y.newInstance(JavaComponentFactory.java:44) > ...12 more > Caused by: java.lang.VerifyError: verification failed at PC 63 in > org.apache.maven.settings.DefaultMavenSettingsBuilder:readSett > ings((Ljava.io.File;)Lorg.apache.maven.settings.Settings;): > incompatible type on stack > at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.90) > ...14 more > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/FATAL-ERROR%3A-Unable-to-read-settings.x ml-tp24917137p24917137.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
