Dear All I am using windows 7,
when installing a library using command *mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=com.google.gdata -DartifactId=gdata-docs -Dversion=3.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=C:\Users\admin\rsmart-gdoc\gdata\java\lib -DgeneratePom=true* then getting following error [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'install'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [install:install-file] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [install:install-file {execution: default-cli}] [INFO] Installing C:\Users\admin\rsmart-gdoc\gdata\java\lib to C:\Users\admin\.m2\repository\com\google\gdata\gdata-docs\3.0\gdata-docs-3.0.jar [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Error installing artifact 'com.google.gdata:gdata-docs:jar': Error installing artifact: C:\Users\admin\rsmart-gdoc\gdata\java\lib (Access is denied) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: < 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Mon Mar 05 13:31:25 PKT 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: 3M/15M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I think it is permission problem, but I checked current user have full right over folder ".m" repository please resolve it Regards ---------------------------------------------------- Jehan Badshah | Sr. Software Engineer FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences A.K. Brohi Road, H-11/4, Islamabad UAN: +92 (0)51 - 111 128 128 ext 344