Hi JG, You should use a real operating system :-)
All that stuff about creating a settings.xml file is optional "advanced" stuff. By the time you need to create that file you should already have run maven quite a few times, so the .m2 directory will already exist. Well, unless you are behind a corporate firewall that blocks port 80.. Unfortunately with many technical subjects there is no perfect order to present information. There are "circular dependencies" between topics. There is also the need to keep people interested by giving them info they need, rather than starting with the absolute basics. Imagine a maths textbook that started with number theory rather than basic arithmetic. No schoolkid would ever learn to add.. Regards, Simon On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 11:04 -0800, JG Flowers wrote: > Argh!!! It's a Windows Explorer thing.. :-U > Can name a directory with . prefix with md from command prompt... > Still directory has no repositoty in it. But reading on a bit further it > talks about creating a settings.xml file. > I think it's a chicken or egg thing. In writing the book they talk about > things in chapter 1 than get covered for first time in chapter 2... %-| > Cheers for reply, Jeremy > > > Allen, Daniel wrote: > > > > Not saying for sure that this is what's going on, but in my experience > > it seems like XP only makes that complaint if *you* try to name a folder > > that, while automated processes can get away with it. That is, the check > > is only part of the UI, not an actual file system rule. I'm developing > > on XP, and my local repository cache is in C:\Docs & > > Settings\username\.m2 as usual, and in fact I have several other apps > > born on Unix that name directories with a leading dot. > > > > You mileage may vary, though; I'm on a fancy corporate network set up to > > share drives between Unix systems and Windows desktops, so maybe IT did > > something magical that they never told me about to make this possible. > > Try to run Maven, and see if it autocreates the directory. > > > > ~Dan Allen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JG Flowers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:32 PM > > To: users@maven.apache.org > > Subject: Local Maven repository. Newbie question... > > > > > > Reading Better Builds with Maven. from Devzuz > > It says on page 32 "When you install and run Maven for the first time, > > it > > will create your local repository and populate it > > with artifacts as a result of dependency requests. By default, Maven > > creates > > your local repository in > > <user_home>/.m2/repository. You must have a local repository in order > > for > > Maven to work." > > > > Now I'm using XP and I'm assuming <user_home> will be substituted with > > %USERPROFILE% environment variable. > > But on XP you can't have a directory named ".m2", XP groans and says you > > must have a file name, for it thinks you are just specifying an > > extension. > > > > Have done the install. When I run mvn --version it says everything's ok. > > So > > where is my repository? > > The last thing booksays is you must have local repository for Maven to > > work. > > Confused.. 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