It sounds like you've got some corrupted files in your local repo cache. Delete the directory ~/.m2/repository, and try again.
On Windows, that would be C:\Documents and Settings\<your name here>\.m2\repository. Wayne On 8/13/07, Amene Mahboobi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > It is my first time using the maven, and here I am stocked with the first > goal, creating new project, > I am using windows xp and I am behind firewall so I created a settings.xml > and put in my user.home/m2/settings.xml > I am sure that this file is read by maven, because if I make a deliberate > error cause in the xml file, maven catch that, but still I can't bypass the > proxy. > > C:\>mvn -e -up archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app > -DartifactId=my-app > > + Error stacktraces are turned on. > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not > exi > st or no valid version could be found > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [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:1286) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor > (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1522) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListBy > AggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:386) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLi > fecycleExecutor.java:138) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:334) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:125) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:280) > 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:228) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePl > uginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:90) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPlug > inManager.java:166) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(Defa > ultLifecycleExecutor.java:1257) > ... 14 more > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: < 1 second > [INFO] Finished at: Mon Aug 13 11:53:43 PDT 2007 > [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Any help is highly appreciated. > Thanks, > -Amene > > > --------------------------------- > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]