No, that is part of every Maven build by default. The repo is fine and I (and I assume everyone else) can reach it.
How can you run Spark if you can't build it? Are you running something else or did it succeed? The error hints that the maven module scala-compiler can't be fetched from repo1.maven.org. Should some repositoy urls be added to the Maven's settings file? ------------------------------ bit1...@163.com *From:* Manoj Kumar <manojkumarsivaraj...@gmail.com> *Date:* 2015-01-03 18:46 *To:* user <user@spark.apache.org> *Subject:* Unable to build spark from source Hello, I tried to build Spark from source using this command (all dependencies installed) but it fails this error. Any help would be appreciated. mvn -DskipTests clean package [INFO] Spark Project Parent POM .......................... FAILURE [28:14.408s] [INFO] Spark Project Networking .......................... SKIPPED [INFO] Spark Project Shuffle Streaming Service ........... SKIPPED [INFO] Spark Project Core ................................ SKIPP INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 28:15.136s [INFO] Finished at: Sat Jan 03 15:26:31 IST 2015 [INFO] Final Memory: 20M/143M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal net.alchim31.maven:scala-maven-plugin:3.2.0:compile (scala-compile-first) on project spark-parent: Execution scala-compile-first of goal net.alchim31.maven:scala-maven-plugin:3.2.0:compile failed: Plugin net.alchim31.maven:scala-maven-plugin:3.2.0 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: The following artifacts could not be resolved: org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:jar:2.10.3, org.scala-lang:scala-reflect:jar:2.10.3: Could not transfer artifact org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:jar:2.10.3 from/to central ( https://repo1.maven.org/maven2): GET request of: org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.10.3/scala-compiler-2.10.3.jar from central failed: Connection reset -> [Help 1] -- Godspeed, Manoj Kumar, Intern, Telecom ParisTech Mech Undergrad http://manojbits.wordpress.com