You must have an .m2 folder somewhere, delete it. NetBeans might not be using the latest Maven version, best to use the latest Maven version.
At this point I cannot help you further. I simply suggest setting up Maven from scratch. Gj On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 at 23:47, Greenberg, Gary <ggree...@visa.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do you mean from scratch? > > > I was using Maven built-in into Netbeans. > > > Do you suggest to install maven outside of NB? > > > > > > Gary Greenberg > > > Staff Software Engineer > > > Data Product Development, BI-A > > > E: ggree...@visa.com > > > M: 650-269-7902 > > > > > > [image: EmailSig-TaglineVersion] > > > > > > *From:* Geertjan Wielenga <geert...@apache.org> > > > > > *Sent:* Sunday, August 30, 2020 2:14 PM > > > *To:* Greenberg, Gary <ggree...@visa.com> > > > *Cc:* users@netbeans.apache.org > > > *Subject:* Re: Try out and vote for Apache NetBeans 12.1 > > > > > > > > Well, sounds like something is wrong with your Maven installation. I > recommend you uninstall, remove the .m2 folder, and set up Maven again > completely from scratch. > > > > > > > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 11:05 PM Greenberg, Gary < > ggree...@visa.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > I found out what was wrong with it. > > > Apparently security update removed almost half of jars in JDK1.8 (my > project is using this platform). > > > Why did it do so, I do not know. > > > Anyway, I reinstalled Java 8 JDK (and upgraded from build 251 to 265 along > the way). > > > Hanging and problems with opening files disappeared. > > > However, I still have the problem with Maven dependencies search. > > > It never worked for me in neither version 11 nor 12. > > > As I understood, other people do not have this problem and this feature > works for them. > > > Can someone help me to find out what is wrong with my installation and how > do I enable dependency search. > > > > > > Gary Greenberg > > > Staff Software Engineer > > > Data Product Development, BI-A > > > E: ggree...@visa.com > > > M: 650-269-7902 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >