Are you behind a proxy? This error "tells" you, that maven couldn't find a plugin, which it will try to retrieve from the central repository. If you are behind a proxy, you cannot retrieve this plugin, so maven will fail.
To resolve this, take a look at [1] and add a proxy section to your settings.xml. This file is in your maven directory and in your user directory. [1] http://maven.apache.org/ref/2.0.7/maven-settings/settings.html Hth, Nick Stolwijk ~Java Developer~ Iprofs BV. Claus Sluterweg 125 2012 WS Haarlem www.iprofs.nl On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Dmitry S. Kravchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I have installed maven-2.0.9 into C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation > Also I have followed instructions 2-7 from here > http://maven.apache.org/download.html#Installation > > After that mvn --version says this: > > D:\Users\Dims\Design\Maven>mvn --version > Maven version: 2.0.9 > Java version: 1.6.0_03 > OS name: "windows xp" version: "5.1" arch: "x86" Family: "windows" > > But the next instruction from 5 minute guide causes an error (I have > supplied -e switch for more details): > > D:\Users\Dims\Design\Maven>mvn -e archetype:create > -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app > + Error stacktraces are turned on. > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. > [INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central > [INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from central > [INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin: checking for > updates from central > [WARNING] repository metadata for: 'artifact > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' 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 versi > on could be found > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Trace > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin > 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-a > rchetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor > .java:1303) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExe > cutor.java:1542) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds(Def > aultLifecycleExecutor.java:405) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java > :137) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) > at > org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) > Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException: > The plugin 'org.apache.ma > ven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could > be found > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultP > luginVersionManager.java:229) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultP > luginVersionManager.java:91) > at > org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:171) > at > org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor > .java:1274) > ... 14 more > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 38 seconds > [INFO] Finished at: Mon Oct 20 12:44:21 MSD 2008 > [INFO] Final Memory: 12M/64M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Why? And what to do? > > Thanks. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
