Well then, that is telling you that the file you think is in your repository actually is not.
Looks like you did not download it like you thought... or perhaps the md5 sums or sha1 sums do not match... Try that command again only in online mode (i.e. without the -o) 2008/9/23 Eric Njogu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks Stephen, > This is the resulting error message when I do as you suggested: > > Error building POM (may not be this project's POM). > > Project ID: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin > > Reason: POM 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' not found in > repository: System is offline. > > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:2.0-alpha-3 > > for project org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Stephen Connolly < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It sounds like the issue is that you have something else forcing the > > archetype version on you. > > > > can you check and see if > > > > mvn -o org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.0-alpha-3:create > > > > works for you? > > > > If that works for you then what's happening is that a pom is locking down > > the version to a version that you have not downloaded yet. > > > > 2008/9/23 Eric Njogu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Hallo! > > > > > > I am using maven on openSUSE 11 to create an appfuse project with the > > > following command: > > > > > > *mvn* archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.appfuse.archetypes > > > -DarchetypeArtifactId=appfuse-basic-struts -DarchetypeVersion=2.0.2 > > > -DgroupId=*com.oci.sample* -DartifactId=*timeEntry > > > > > > *The command works ok and retrieves the dependencies. Checking in > > > ~/.m2/repository, I can find the files that have been downloaded. > > > > > > On creating a similar project with a different name but in offline > mode, > > I > > > get the following error: > > > > > > The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not > > > exist > > > or no valid version could be found > > > > > > Yet searching the repository shows the following: > > > * > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> find .m2/ -name 'maven-archetype-plugin*'* > > > .m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin > > > > > > > > > .m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/2.0-alpha-3/maven-archetype-plugin-2.0-alpha-3.pom > > > > > > > > > .m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/2.0-alpha-3/maven-archetype-plugin-2.0-alpha-3.jar > > > > > > > > > .m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/2.0-alpha-3/maven-archetype-plugin-2.0-alpha-3.pom.sha1 > > > > > > > > > .m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/2.0-alpha-3/maven-archetype-plugin-2.0-alpha-3.jar.sha1 > > > > > > Please tell me how I can use the local repository and avoid going > online. > > > > > >