Ok ran another check on this.
Go into the firewall settings and just set java.exe to "allow" ... seems to clear the problem up immediately ... unfortunately I do not know what this opens up ... I will have to check with Symantec/Norton on this. --D David J. Graff wrote: > This is the exact same problem I was having > > If you have Norton Internet Security installed, disable the firewall for > 15 minutes ... attempt your operation again. > > For some reason firewall is blocking any attempt to make this connection > silently > > > > Jo Vandermeeren wrote: > >> Hi Martin, >> >> Maven has no install procedure.. >> It is just the exploded archive. >> >> When you run maven for the first time, it create a ".m2" directory in >> your >> user home dir. >> This directory contains a local repository (as soon as you have >> downloaded >> dependencies). >> You can create a settings.xml file in that directory and play with >> maven's >> settings. >> >> Deleting this directory will create a fresh "install" of maven.. >> >> To answer to your question: if you are using a proxy, make sure that >> it is >> defined in the settings.xml file. >> >> Cheers >> Jo >> >> On 5/12/07, Martin Ravell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Can anyone help me resolve this problem? >>> >>> >>> >>> It is a freshly unzipped copy of 2.0.6 with an empty repository. Any >>> idea >>> why it cannot find the archetype plugin? >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there a way of completely removing and re-installing maven? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> C:\Project>mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.appfuse >>> -DarchetypeArtifactId=appfuse-basic-struts >>> -DremoteRepositories=http://static.appfuse.org/repository >>> -DarchetypeVersion=2.0-m4 -DgroupId=com.rave.chester >>> -DartifactId=chester >>> >>> [INFO] Scanning for projects... >>> >>> [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. >>> >>> [INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central >>> >>> [WARNING] repository metadata for: 'org.apache.maven.plugins' could >>> not be >>> retrieved from repository: central due to an error: Error transferring >>> file >>> >>> [INFO] Repository 'central' will be blacklisted >>> >>> [INFO] >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> [ERROR] BUILD ERROR >>> >>> [INFO] >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> [INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does >>> not >>> exist or no valid version could be found >>> >>> [INFO] >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch >>> >>> [INFO] >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> [INFO] Total time: 3 seconds >>> >>> [INFO] Finished at: Sat May 12 23:38:26 EST 2007 >>> >>> [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M >>> >>> [INFO] >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > -- David J. Graff djgraff AT alltel DOT net GPG Fingerprint: E407 6A73 0725 B2E0 995D AC21 705E 4D51 67C4 7499
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