Maven requires some setup to get through your proxy server. Look for your MAVEN_HOME/conf/settings.xml file. There's an example of how to set up a proxy server. That should fix it, I would think. The central repository is working for me. :) Good luck!
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Frank Silbermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course I am. Who isn't, these days? /Frank > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of James Carman > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 4:16 PM > To: users@wicket.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Difficulty getting QuickStart > > Are you behind a firewall of some sort? Or, perhaps an HTTP proxy > server? > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Frank Silbermann > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wrote in earlier about a problem I had in less-old releases of > > Wicket 1.2. Since no more work is being done on that version, I > > thought I'd try the sample on Wicket 1.2. I figured the easiest > > approach was to download the Wicket 1.3 QuickStart application. That > > > requires Maven, which I've never before used. I downloaded and > > installed Maven (I assume correctly) and then followed the > > instructions to get the QuckStart application, but the Maven command > > failed with the following output. Can anyone tell me what I did > > wrong? (I apologize if this is really a Maven question, but > > obtaining QuickStart is my only reason for messing with Maven.) > > > > C:\>mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.wicket > > -DarchetypeArtifactId=wicket-archetype-quickstart > > -DarchetypeVersion=1.3.3 -DgroupId=com.mycompany > > -DartifactId=myproject [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: 21 seconds > > [INFO] Finished at: Thu May 01 15:42:12 CDT 2008 [INFO] Final > > Memory: 1M/2M [INFO] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > > > > > /Frank > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]