This is not an uncommon problem/question on this list. I've seen it myself too when I've had a poorly configured settings.xml.
Wayne On 8/13/07, Amene Mahboobi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you were right! (how did u realize this?) > Thanks, so much, now it is working! > Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It sounds like you've got some corrupted > files in your local repo > cache. Delete the directory ~/.m2/repository, and try again. > > On Windows, that would be C:\Documents and Settings\ > here>\.m2\repository. > > Wayne > > On 8/13/07, Amene Mahboobi wrote: > > Hi, > > It is my first time using the maven, and here I am stocked with the first > > goal, creating new project, > > I am using windows xp and I am behind firewall so I created a settings.xml > > and put in my user.home/m2/settings.xml > > I am sure that this file is read by maven, because if I make a deliberate > > error cause in the xml file, maven catch that, but still I can't bypass the > > proxy. > > > > C:\>mvn -e -up archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app > > -DartifactId=my-app > > > > + Error stacktraces are turned on. > > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > > [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. > > [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] Trace > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin > > 'org.apache.m > > aven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version > > could be > > found > > at > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(Defa > > ultLifecycleExecutor.java:1286) > > at > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor > > (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1522) > > at > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListBy > > AggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:386) > > at > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLi > > fecycleExecutor.java:138) > > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:334) > > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:125) > > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:280) > > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > > at > > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl. > > java:39) > > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces > > sorImpl.java:25) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > > at > > org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) > > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) > > at > > org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) > > > > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) > > Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException: > > The p > > lugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or > > no val > > id version could be found > > at > > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePl > > uginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:228) > > at > > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePl > > uginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:90) > > at > > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPlug > > inManager.java:166) > > at > > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(Defa > > ultLifecycleExecutor.java:1257) > > ... 14 more > > [INFO] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [INFO] Total time: < 1 second > > [INFO] Finished at: Mon Aug 13 11:53:43 PDT 2007 > > [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M > > [INFO] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Any help is highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > -Amene > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------- > Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, > when. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
