You need to remove the comment start and end markers <!-- and --> If you look carefully you'll see you have your lovely proxies definintion ignored inside a comment
2008/9/22 ashleyvijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks for the reply. I didnt hve a settings.xml in .m2 directory so i > copied > the settings.xml from apache-maven-2.0.9\conf and pasted it into .m2 > directory and changed the proxy settings a little according the link which > u > gave to me. So the proxy part in settings.xml looks like this. I tried to > create the first project again but still doesnt work. Would apprecaite for > ur help. > > <proxies> > <!-- proxy > | Specification for one proxy, to be used in connecting to the network. > | > <proxy> > <id>optional</id> > <active>true</active> > <protocol>http</protocol> > > <host>http-proxy.zx.basf-ag.de</host> > <port>8080</port> > > </proxy> > --> > </proxies> > > > mylene wrote: > > > > see: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-proxies.html > > > > Mylène > > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 3:17 PM, ashleyvijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Well I think so...if thats the case what should I do?? > >> > >> mylene wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Do you happen to work from behind a proxy that you didn't set (in > >> > settings.xml)? > >> > > >> > Mylène > >> > > >> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:47 PM, ashleyvijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Hi all, > >> >> Sorry if this question has been asked before. Im new to Maven and I > >> hope > >> >> I > >> >> hve installed as per the instructions. When I try to create a new > >> project > >> >> it > >> >> gives me this error. Can anybody please tell me how it could be > >> resolved? > >> >> > >> >> C:\>mvn --version > >> >> Maven version: 2.0.9 > >> >> Java version: 1.5.0_16 > >> >> OS name: "windows xp" version: "5.1" arch: "x86" Family: "windows" > >> >> > >> >> C:\>mvn archetype:create\ > >> -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes\ > >> >> -Dgrou > >> >> p=com.mycompany.app\ -DartifactId=my-app > >> >> [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 > >> >> retri > >> >> eved 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 > >> >> exi > >> >> st or no valid version could be found > >> >> [INFO] > >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> >> [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch > >> >> [INFO] > >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> >> [INFO] Total time: < 1 second > >> >> [INFO] Finished at: Mon Sep 22 14:44:02 CEST 2008 > >> >> [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M > >> >> [INFO] > >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> >> > >> >> C:\> > >> >> -- > >> >> View this message in context: > >> >> > >> > http://www.nabble.com/Creating-first-Maven-Project-Problem-tp19607304p19607304.html > >> >> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Mylene > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://www.nabble.com/Creating-first-Maven-Project-Problem-tp19607304p19607766.html > >> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Mylene > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Creating-first-Maven-Project-Problem-tp19607304p19608218.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
