i executed the command help:describe, it seems maven first downloaded it's necessary files for this command , dose the unknown word at the end, indicates that the plugin does not have this goal?
F:\java\projects\v2.x>mvn help:describe -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.plugins -Dart ifactId=maven-exo-plugin [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'help'. [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin: checking for updates from central Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-help- plugin/2.0.1/maven-help-plugin-2.0.1.pom 1K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-help- plugin/2.0.1/maven-help-plugin-2.0.1.jar 19K downloaded [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] Building exo-tools.build.config [INFO] task-segment: [help:describe] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/maven-plugin-tools- api/2.0/maven-plugin-tools-api-2.0.pom 865b downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/maven-plugin-tools/ 2.0/maven-plugin-tools-2.0.pom 536b downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/maven-core/2.0/mave n-core-2.0.pom 5K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/maven-plugin-parame ter-documenter/2.0/maven-plugin-parameter-documenter-2.0.pom 1K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/maven-error-diagnos tics/2.0/maven-error-diagnostics-2.0.pom 812b downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/maven-monitor/2.0/m aven-monitor-2.0.pom 400b downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-interacti vity-api/1.0-alpha-4/plexus-interactivity-api-1.0-alpha-4.pom 6K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/wagon/wagon-http-li ghtweight/1.0-alpha-5/wagon-http-lightweight-1.0-alpha-5.pom 5K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/wagon/wagon-file/1. 0-alpha-5/wagon-file-1.0-alpha-5.pom 5K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//commons-cli/commons-cli/1.0/commons- cli-1.0.pom 2K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/wagon/wagon-ssh/1.0 -alpha-5/wagon-ssh-1.0-alpha-5.pom 6K downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//com/jcraft/jsch/0.1.23/jsch-0.1.23.p om 485b downloaded Downloading: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2//org/apache/maven/maven-plugin-tools- api/2.0/maven-plugin-tools-api-2.0.jar 22K downloaded [INFO] [help:describe] [INFO] Plugin: 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-exo-plugin:1.0' ----------------------------------------------- Group Id: org.apache.maven.plugins Artifact Id: maven-exo-plugin Version: 1.0 Goal Prefix: exo Description: Unknown [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 34 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Sat Aug 26 10:00:10 PDT 2006 [INFO] Final Memory: 3M/6M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ F:\java\projects\v2.x>mvn help:describe -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.plugins -Dart ifactId=maven-exo-plugin [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'help'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] Building exo-tools.build.config [INFO] task-segment: [help:describe] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- [INFO] [help:describe] [INFO] Plugin: 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-exo-plugin:1.0' ----------------------------------------------- Group Id: org.apache.maven.plugins Artifact Id: maven-exo-plugin Version: 1.0 Goal Prefix: exo Description: Unknown [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Sat Aug 26 10:00:42 PDT 2006 [INFO] Final Memory: 3M/6M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ F:\java\projects\v2.x>cd\ F:\>cd F:\java\projects\v2.x\exo-tools\maven2\plugins\exo F:\java\projects\v2.x\exo-tools\maven2\plugins\exo>mvn exo:bp [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'exo'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Required goal not found: exo:bp [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: < 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Sat Aug 26 10:03:23 PDT 2006 [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, I know nothing of exo, so I can't help you with those specifics. I can say that originally you were trying to execute the "bp" goal of the maven-exo-plugin, yet the error message you mention above "required goal not found: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-exo-plugin:1.0:exo" indicates you tried to run the "exo" goal. Which goal are you trying to execute? For help with the plugin, try running "mvn help:describe -DgroupId= org.apache.maven.plugins -DartifactId=maven-exo-plugin" and see what goals the plugin supports. Or you may need to contact whoever created the plugin for support/docs. As for where to run these command, I don't think the help:describe goal requires a pom, so you should be able to run that anywhere. For most plugins though, you need to be in a directory with a valid pom file. HTH, Doug -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/goal-not-found-error-tf2152081.html#a5995310 Sent from the Maven - Users forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
