I've just started going through the M2 docs.I tried to create my first
project , but got an error message as shown below :
M2_FirstSteps]#mvn -e archetype:create -DgroupId=za.co.mycompany
-DartifactId=myapp
+ Error stacktraces are turned on.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central
[WARNING] repository metadata for: 'org.apache.maven.plugins' could not be
retri
eved from repository: central due to an error: Error transferring file
[INFO] Repository 'central' will be blacklisted
[INFO]
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[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO]
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---
[INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not
exi
st or no valid version could be found
[INFO]
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[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin '
org.apache.m
aven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version
could be
found
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin
(Defa
ultLifecycleExecutor.java:1247)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1483)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListBy
AggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:378)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute
(DefaultLi
fecycleExecutor.java:134)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:322)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:249)
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:324)
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.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException:
The p
lugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no
val
id version could be found
at
org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePl
uginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:225)
at
org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePl
uginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:87)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin
(DefaultPlug
inManager.java:160)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin
(Defa
ultLifecycleExecutor.java:1218)
... 14 more
[INFO]
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[INFO] Total time: 21 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Mar 14 15:54:08 GMT+02:00 2006
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M
[INFO]
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M2_FirstSteps]#
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