Hi, Do you happen to work from behind a proxy that you didn't set (in settings.xml)?
Mylène On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:47 PM, ashleyvijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > > -- Mylene