Why not try commenting ibiblio out in your settings.xml to check your theory.
Then downloads would come from the central repository: <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url> On 10/1/07, Jason Nerothin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been trying to get maven 2 working for a while now, and have had next > to zero luck doing so. I suspect has something to do with codehaus servers > being down, which maven apparently wishes to contact for downloading from > "central". I've tried forcing mvn to contact a mirror in place of central, > also to no avail. I'm hoping that someone can point me in the right > direction and will point me at the gotchya I'm missing here. > > Debug info follows: > > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mvn --version > Maven version: 2.0.7 > Java version: 1.6.0 > OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.20-16-generic" arch: "i386" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mvn archetype:create > -DgroupId=com.whatever-DartifactId=whatever -e > + 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 > exist or no valid version could be found > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Trace > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin ' > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no > valid > version could be found > at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin > ( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1286) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1522) > at > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds > (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:386) > at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.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( > DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.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 plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not > exist > or no valid version could be found > at > > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion > (DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:228) > at > > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion > (DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:90) > at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin( > DefaultPluginManager.java:166) > at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin > ( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1257) > ... 14 more > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: < 1 second > [INFO] Finished at: Mon Oct 01 16:06:18 CDT 2007 > [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > //// DIFFERENT FLAG //// > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mvn archetype:create > -DgroupId=com.whatever-DartifactId=whatever -X > + Error stacktraces are turned on. > Maven version: 2.0.7 > Java version: 1.6.0 > OS name: "linux" version: "2.6.20-16-generic" arch: "i386" > [DEBUG] Building Maven user-level plugin registry from: > '/home/jason/.m2/plugin-registry.xml' > [DEBUG] Building Maven global-level plugin registry from: > '/home/jason/programs/maven-2.0.7/conf/plugin-registry.xml' > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. > [DEBUG] Loading plugin prefixes from group: org.apache.maven.plugins > [DEBUG] Loading plugin prefixes from group: org.codehaus.mojo > [DEBUG] maven-archetype-plugin: using locally installed snapshot > [DEBUG] Artifact not found - using stub model: Unable to determine the > latest version > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:LATEST > [DEBUG] Using defaults for missing POM > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:LATEST > [DEBUG] maven-archetype-plugin: using locally installed snapshot > [DEBUG] Artifact not found - using stub model: Unable to determine the > release version > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:RELEASE > [DEBUG] Using defaults for missing POM > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:RELEASE > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does > not > exist or no valid version could be found > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [DEBUG] Trace > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin ' > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no > valid > version could be found > at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin > ( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1286) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1522) > at > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds > (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:386) > at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.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( > DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.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 plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not > exist > or no valid version could be found > at > > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion > (DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:228) > at > > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion > (DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:90) > at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin( > DefaultPluginManager.java:166) > at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin > ( > DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1257) > ... 14 more > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: < 1 second > [INFO] Finished at: Mon Oct 01 16:07:24 CDT 2007 > [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ////// settings.xml //// (same result in error logs) > <settings> > <mirrors> > <mirror> > <id>ibiblio.net</id> > <url>http://www.ibiblio.net/pub/packages/maven2</url> > <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> // also tried it with > <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf> > </mirror> > </mirrors> > </settings> > -- > ======================================================== > Jason Nerothin > Programmer/Analyst > Gates Business Solutions > ======================================================== >