I got this + Error stacktraces are turned on. FATAL ERROR: Unable to start the embedded plexus container Error stacktrace: org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainerException: Error starting container at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.start(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:795) at org.codehaus.plexus.embed.Embedder.start(Embedder.java:220) at org.codehaus.plexus.embed.Embedder.start(Embedder.java:183) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:164) 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:324) 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.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentRepositoryException: Componen t descriptor role: 'org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder', implementation: 'org.apache.maven .project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder', role hint: 'default' has a hint, but there are other implement ations that don't at org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.DefaultComponentRepository.addComponentDescripto r(DefaultComponentRepository.java:184) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.addComponentDescriptor(DefaultPlexusContainer. java:515) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.discoverComponents(DefaultPlexusContainer.java :738) at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.start(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:779) ... 11 more.
The MAVEN_HOME is set properly. -- Regards, Niranjan Deshpande "Shut yourself from the world and create the reality you want"