I'm new to Maven and I'm having some issues using the clean plugin. When I run the clean lifecycle phase (or clean:clean goal), I get the following error:
>mvn -e clean + Error stacktraces are turned on. [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin' does not exist o r no valid version could be found [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin 'org.apache.m aven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be fou nd 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.bindLifecycleForP ackaging(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1016) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.constructLifecycl eMappings(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:980) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(Defau ltLifecycleExecutor.java:458) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHan dleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:311) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegmen ts(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:278) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLi fecycleExecutor.java:143) 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:585) 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-clean-plugin' does not exist or no valid v ersion 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) ... 18 more [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: < 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Mon Jan 28 12:10:12 PST 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Interestingly, I am able to pull in the junit jars just fine (a snippet of my pom.xml): <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.4</version> </dependency> I believe my proxy settings are correct (my settings.xml): <?xml version="1.0"?> <settings> <proxies> <proxy> <active>true</active> <protocol>http</protocol> <host>www.mycompany.com</host> <port>88888</port> </proxy> </proxies> </settings> So I would think that it would be able to go to the main maven repository on http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ to pick up the plugin. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Maven-clean-plugin-not-working-tp15173740s177p15173740.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]