[Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom:]

Question

I am trying to integrate maven with Gatling and I am getting below error message. This is my first time of doing this and I really need help.

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
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[INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
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[INFO] 
[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1:generate (default-cli) > generate-sources @ standalone-pom >>>
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[INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1:generate (default-cli) < generate-sources @ standalone-pom <<<
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[INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO] Generating project in Batch mode
[WARNING] No archetype found in remote catalog. Defaulting to internal catalog
[WARNING] Archetype not found in any catalog. Falling back to central repository.
[WARNING] Add a repsoitory with id 'archetype' in your settings.xml if archetype's repository is elsewhere.
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/gatling/highcharts/gatling-highcharts-maven-archetype/2.2.1/gatling-highcharts-maven-archetype-2.2.1.pom
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 23.203 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-08-04T11:18:56-04:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 14M/309M
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.0.1:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired archetype does not exist (io.gatling.highcharts:gatling-highcharts-maven-archetype:2.2.1) -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
[ERROR] Maven execution terminated abnormally (exit code 1)

Solution 1

I was facing the same issue. It gets resolved when I replace mvn archetype:generate with mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.4:generate as stated by Robert in this github issue comment.

Solution 2

I just found it in Maven's own website. They have given it as follows:

mvn archetype:generate -B 
        -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes 
        -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart 
        -DarchetypeVersion=1.1 
        -DgroupId=com.company 
        -DartifactId=project 
        -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT 
        -Dpackage=com.company.project

As we can see the archeTypeVersion is also mentioned. It worked for me. So will work for you guys.