Hi all, Sorry if this question has been asked before. Im new to Maven and I hope I hve installed as per the instructions. When I try to create a new project it gives me this error. Can anybody please tell me how it could be resolved?
C:\>mvn --version Maven version: 2.0.9 Java version: 1.5.0_16 OS name: "windows xp" version: "5.1" arch: "x86" Family: "windows" C:\>mvn archetype:create\ -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes\ -Dgrou p=com.mycompany.app\ -DartifactId=my-app [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. [INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central [WARNING] repository metadata for: 'org.apache.maven.plugins' could not be retri eved from repository: central due to an error: Error transferring file [INFO] Repository 'central' will be blacklisted [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] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: < 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Mon Sep 22 14:44:02 CEST 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C:\> -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Creating-first-Maven-Project-Problem-tp19607304p19607304.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]