Perhaps you might try adding -U option to command line and archetypeGroupId also..or simpler maven-archetype-site first? C:\Users\toby\workspace>mvn -U -e archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -DartifactId=my-webapp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp
-----Original Message----- From: Toby Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:40 AM To: users@maven.apache.org Subject: Artifact problem on vista Hi guys, I've recently installed Maven 2.0.7 together with jdk 1.6 on Windows Vista and I'm having quite a few problems. It seems maven is unable to download most of the artifacts I need, for example the following command doesn't work: C:\Users\toby\workspace>mvn -e archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-webapp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp I get the following error: [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: Tue Nov 20 14:35:53 GMT 2007 [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have installed maven in c:\program files\java\maven-2.0.7 I had no problems using maven with xp so i suspect the problem may be something to do with vista's more restrictive permissions. Has anyone else come across this problem? Thanks Toby --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]