solved, it was my proxiy issue: new proxy setting is:
<proxies> <!-- proxy | Specification for one proxy, to be used in connecting to the network. |--> <proxy> <id>optional</id> <active>true</active> <protocol>http</protocol> * <host>webproxy</host>* <port>80</port> <nonProxyHosts>localhost|google.com</nonProxyHosts> </proxy> </proxies> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:31 PM, kasim ahmed <mail2ka...@googlemail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have downloaded latest maven 3.0.3, java version "1.6.0_18". > > > > mvn –version > > > > *Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 18:31:09+0100)* > > *Maven home: C:\software\apache-maven-3.0.3* > > *Java version: 1.5.0_05, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.* > > *Java home: C:\software\jdk1.5.0.15\jre* > > *Default locale: en_GB, platform encoding: Cp1252* > > *OS name: "windows xp", version: "5.1", arch: "x86", family: "windows"* > > * * > > *My application located at: *C:\Temp\ecm_esv\app\ENT_APP\ESV>. I am > getting following error message: > > * * > > > > C:\Temp\ecm_esv\app\ENT_APP\ESV>mvn archetype:generate > -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app > -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false > > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/2.4.1/maven-clean-plugin-2.4.1.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1 or one of its dependencies > could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.4.1 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/2.3.1/maven-install-plugin-2.3.1.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3.1: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3.1 or one of its > dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:jar:2.3.1 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/2.5/maven-deploy-plugin-2.5.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.5: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.5 or one of its dependencies > could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:jar:2.5 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-site-plugin/2.0.1/maven-site-plugin-2.0.1.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:2.0.1: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:2.0.1 or one of its dependencies > could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:jar:2.0.1 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/1.3/maven-antrun-plugin-1.3.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:1.3: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:1.3 or one of its dependencies > could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:jar:1.3 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/2.2-beta-5/maven-assembly-plugin-2.2-beta-5.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.2-beta-5: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.2-beta-5 or one of its > dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:jar:2.2-beta-5 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/2.1/maven-dependency-plugin-2.1.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.1: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.1 or one of its > dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:jar:2.1 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-release-plugin/2.0/maven-release-plugin-2.0.pom > > [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0: Plugin > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0 or one of its dependencies > could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:jar:2.0 > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/mojo/maven-metadata.xml > > [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata > org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-metadata.xml from/to central ( > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: repo1.maven.org > > [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.codehaus.mojo/maven-metadata.xml > from/to central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: > repo1.maven.org > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml > > Downloading: > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/mojo/maven-metadata.xml > > [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata > org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-metadata.xml from/to central ( > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: repo1.maven.org > > [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.codehaus.mojo/maven-metadata.xml > from/to central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: > repo1.maven.org > > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [INFO] BUILD FAILURE > > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [INFO] Total time: 0.406s > > [INFO] Finished at: Mon Apr 18 15:51:05 CEST 2011 > > [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/3M > > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [ERROR] No plugin found for prefix 'archetype' in the current project and > in the plugin groups [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo] available > from the repositories [local (C:\Temp\ecm_esv\app\ENT_APP\ESV), central ( > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)] -> [Help 1] > > [ERROR] > > [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e > switch. > > [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. > > [ERROR] > > [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, > please read the following articles: > > [ERROR] [Help 1] > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/NoPluginFoundForPrefixException > > C:\Temp\ecm_esv\app\ENT_APP\ESV> > > > > C:\software\apache-maven-3.0.3\conf\settings.xml > > I have enabled proxies here as: > > …. > <proxies> > <!-- proxy > | Specification for one proxy, to be used in connecting to the > network. > |--> > <proxy> > <id>optional</id> > <active>true</active> > <protocol>http</protocol> > <host>proxy.belgacom.be</host> > <port>80</port> > <nonProxyHosts>localhost|google.com</nonProxyHosts> > </proxy> > > </proxies> > > > > What is the problem I am facing here? Why it is not downloading? >