I had this bugger bite me during an "Evangelizing session" just yesterday at around the time you posted this (mine involved the quickstart archetype thought).
I was also behind a proxy there. But the problem was that the archetypes metadata got corrupted somehow. Go check ${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-archetype-webapp/maven-*.xml If you see something like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata> <groupId>org.apache.maven.archetypes</groupId> <artifactId>maven-archetype-webapp</artifactId> <version>1.0-alpha-4</version> </metadata> with missing <versioning> then we saw the same bugger. Just nuke the ${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-archetype-webapp folder from your local repository and try again. I've just tried your command behind the corporate proxy here and it succeeded. My 2ยข, Alex -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/problem-with-archetype-tf4070979s177.html#a11582912 Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]