I understand there's lot of documentation on how to use maven... but nothing
in regards to my problem of not having plugins in the first place.
Here is the error message I get when running 'mvn -e archetype:create'
>mvn -e archetype:create
+ 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:597)
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: Wed Aug 22 17:47:30 PDT 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Redmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:51 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Re: Maven doesn't include plugins?
>
> Not to be rude - but how hard did you search?
>
> http://maven.apache.org/articles.html
>
> But more to the point, that should not happen. Best to paste the error...
> for starters, try running:
>
> mvn -e archetype:create
>
> --
> Eric Redmond
> http://blog.propellors.net
>
> On 8/22/07, Jean-Philippe Steinmetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I just downloaded maven-2.0.7-bin.zip
> > <http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/binaries/maven-2.0.7-
> bin.zip>
> > and got it all set up but if I try and run commands like 'mvn
> > archetype:create' or 'mvn eclipse:create' I get a missing plugin error.
> > According to the website and documentation maven is supposed to come
> with
> > many standard plugins by default, so where are they? Do I need to
> download
> > each plugin separately for every task I'll need? If so where do I place
> > them
> > in the maven directory? Why isn't there some sort of base plugin package
> I
> > can download? There seems to be no documentation to answer these
> questions
> > as I've spent a good two hours searching all over. In short. I'm lost.
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> >
> >
> > Jean-Philippe Steinmetz
> >
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> > Webmaster / Developer
> >
> > Information Sciences Institute
> >
> > University of Southern California
> >
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> >
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> >
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