Hey Thanks for the reply. Do I hve to do that for all the tags or just for the proxy one??Would appreciate ur help
Stephen Connolly-2 wrote: > > You need to remove the comment start and end markers <!-- and --> > > If you look carefully you'll see you have your lovely proxies definintion > ignored inside a comment > > 2008/9/22 ashleyvijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Thanks for the reply. I didnt hve a settings.xml in .m2 directory so i >> copied >> the settings.xml from apache-maven-2.0.9\conf and pasted it into .m2 >> directory and changed the proxy settings a little according the link >> which >> u >> gave to me. So the proxy part in settings.xml looks like this. I tried to >> create the first project again but still doesnt work. Would apprecaite >> for >> ur help. >> >> <proxies> >> <!-- proxy >> | Specification for one proxy, to be used in connecting to the >> network. >> | >> <proxy> >> <id>optional</id> >> <active>true</active> >> <protocol>http</protocol> >> >> <host>http-proxy.zx.basf-ag.de</host> >> <port>8080</port> >> >> </proxy> >> --> >> </proxies> >> >> >> mylene wrote: >> > >> > see: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-proxies.html >> > >> > Mylène >> > >> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:17 PM, ashleyvijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Well I think so...if thats the case what should I do?? >> >> >> >> mylene wrote: >> >> > >> >> > 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 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> View this message in context: >> >> >> http://www.nabble.com/Creating-first-Maven-Project-Problem-tp19607304p19607766.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 >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Creating-first-Maven-Project-Problem-tp19607304p19608218.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] >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Creating-first-Maven-Project-Problem-tp19607304p19622533.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]