> > step3 > Under the workspace > mvn clean package -DskipTests > > Build was successful >
You need to run 'mvn install -DskipTests' rather than package - its (one of many) shortcomings of maven and multi-module projects. Also, if you are using eclipse, you can just import the project directly into eclipse as a maven project. See "15.2.1.4. HBase Project Setup in Eclipse" in the reference guide: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#ides -Jesse
