I have installed maven in C:\apache-maven-3.0.4-bin. Its installed successfully as mvn --version gives expected o/p.
I have wifi internet connection for which I have changed proxy settings in conf/settings.xml to following: <proxies> <proxy> <id>optional</id> <active>true</active> <protocol>http</protocol> <username>sanp</username> <password>pwd</password> <host></host> <port>80</port> <nonProxyHosts>localhost</nonProxyHosts> </proxy> </proxies> Here "sanp" is the name of wifi connection I connect and "pwd" is the password. In IE under tools->internet options->connections->lan settings no proxy address is defined so i have left <host> tag empty. Other parts of settings.xml is untouched. when I execute below command I get error : *C:\Maven Workspaces>mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -Dartifac tId=my-app -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=fa lse -eX* [INFO] Error stacktraces are turned on. [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1.676s [INFO] Finished at: Fri Apr 06 17:04:53 IST 2012 [INFO] Final Memory: 3M/245M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] The goal you specified requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory (C:\Maven Workspaces). Please verify you invoked Maven from t he correct directory. -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.lifecycle.MissingProjectException: The goal you specified requi res a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory (C:\Maven Workspa ces). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct directory. at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(Lifecycl eStarter.java:89) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl. java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Laun cher.java:290) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.jav a:230) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(La uncher.java:409) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java: 352) [ERROR] [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 rea d the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MissingProject Exception C:\Maven Workspaces> Please help what should i do? -- View this message in context: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Error-running-Maven-tp5622633p5622633.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