This exact same problem (essentially) was posted a couple days ago, and I responded to it at the time, and I will give you the same answer. I imagine you're running into exactly the same problem... If this doesn't work for you, post back and we'll try to help more.
to Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> date Jul 31, 2007 9:36 AM subject Re: How to add dependencies in the POM.xml? You simply need to provide the archetypeVersion number as well. This exact error/issue is mentioned on the "guide creating archetypes" page: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-creating-archetypes.html "Don't forget to include the version of your archetype (if you don't include the version, you archetype creation may fail with a message that version:RELEASE was not found) " mvn archetype:create \ -DarchetypeGroupId=<archetype-groupId> \ -DarchetypeArtifactId=<archetype-artifactId> \ -DarchetypeVersion=<archetype-version> \ -DgroupId=<my.groupid> \ -DartifactId=<my-artifactId> Wayne On 8/2/07, Craig Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I deleted my local repository cache and reissued the command and it > worked ... for a time. Now, I'm back at this point again and specifying the > version didn't help (and I've never had to do that before). This is very > frustrating, anyone have any ideas how I can troubleshoot this? I think > this part is the key, but I just don't know what it means: > > GroupId: org.apache.maven.archetype > ArtifactId: maven-archetype-quickstart > Version: RELEASE > > Reason: Unable to determine the release version > > Thanks for any help. > > Cheers, > Craig > > > On 7/29/07, Dave Hoffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think you want to specify the version of your new project, try: > > > > mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app > > -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT > > > > -Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Craig Ching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:46 PM > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: Problem with maven-archetype-quickstart > > > > Hi, > > > > Haven't had any problems generating new maven projects until today. > > This > > simple command line: > > > > mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app > > > > fails with: > > > > [INFO] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > > [INFO] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [INFO] Failed to resolve artifact. > > > > GroupId: org.apache.maven.archetype > > ArtifactId: maven-archetype-quickstart > > Version: RELEASE > > > > Reason: Unable to determine the release version > > > > Try downloading the file manually from the project website. > > > > Then, install it using the command: > > mvn install:install-file > > -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.archetype-DartifactId=m > > aven-archetype-quickstart \ > > -Dversion=RELEASE -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file > > Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file > > there: > > mvn deploy:deploy-file > > -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.archetype-DartifactId=maven > > -archetype-quickstart \ > > -Dversion=RELEASE -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file \ > > -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id] > > > > > > org.apache.maven.archetype:maven-archetype-quickstart:jar:RELEASE > > > > > > I'm still a bit green with maven, is there something fundamental that > > I'm > > missing or is this a transient error? > > > > Cheers, > > Craig > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
