Why are you trying to connect to ibiblio at all? Just use the standard repo1.maven.org as suggested by John.
Additionally, try adding -U to force updates of artifacts. And/or delete the ~/.m2/repository directory to get rid of "bad metadata" and try again with a -U. Wayne On 10/1/07, John Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > ======================================================== > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]