Failed to resolve version for org.apache.maven.archetypes

Question

I have configured maven3.0.3 in my local machine. Have installed m2e eclipse plugin. But when i try to create a new maven project using maven-archetype-webapp, i get the following exception.

 Could not resolve archetype org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp:RELEASE    from any of the configured repositories.
 Could not resolve artifact org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype- webapp:pom:RELEASE
 Failed to resolve version for org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype- webapp:pom:RELEASE: Could not find metadata org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype- webapp/maven-metadata.xml in local ([HOME]/.m2/repository)
 Failed to resolve version for org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-  webapp:pom:RELEASE: Could not find metadata org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-  webapp/maven-metadata.xml in local ([HOME]/.m2/repository)

I do some processing behind a proxy and the proxy configurations are updated in {HOME}/.m2/settings.xml and M2_HOME/conf/settings.xml.

The archetype generate command works fine in command line. It downloaded the dependencies through proxy.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Edit 05-10-2012 While creating a new Maven Web project in eclipse, the archetype "maven-archetype-webapp" version is displayed as RELEASE. Is this in anyway linked?

Solution 1

I had the same problem. I fixed it by adding the maven archetype catalog to eclipse. Steps are provided below:

1. Open Window > Preferences
2. Open Maven > Archetypes
3. Click 'Add Remote Catalog' and add the following:
   • Catalog File: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/archetype-catalog.xml
   • Description: maven catalog

Solution 2

I found the following tutorial very useful.

Step1: The maven command used to create the web app: mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=test.aasweb -DartifactId=TestWebApp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp

Step2: The following entry was added onto the project's pom.xml.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.2</version>
    <configuration>
    <source>1.6</source>
    <target>1.6</target>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
    <wtpapplicationxml>true</wtpapplicationxml>
    <wtpversion>1.5</wtpversion>
    <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
    <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
        <classpathContainers>
            <classpathContainer>
                org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.web.container
            </classpathContainer>
            <classpathContainer>
                org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.module.container
            </classpathContainer>
        /classpathContainers>
        <additionalProjectFacets>
            <jst.web>2.5</jst.web>
            <jst.jsf>1.2</jst.jsf>
        </additionalProjectFacets>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Step3: Run the maven command to convert into eclipse project format. mvn eclipse:clean eclipse:eclipse

Step4: Import the project onto eclipse as Existing Maven project.

Solution 3

You do need to have a settings.xml linked under user settings (Located in preferences under maven)

But, if that doesn't fix it, like it didn't for many of you. You also have to delete the directory:

.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-archetype-quickstart

then quit eclipse and try again.

This is what solved my problem.

Solution 4

Read carefully about the reason.

"Failed to resolve version for org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype- webapp:pom:RELEASE: Could not find metadata org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype- webapp/maven-metadata.xml in local"

So all you need to do is download the maven-metadata.xml to your {HOME}.m2\repository

That's it.

Solution 5

If you are using eclipse, you can follow the steps here (maven in 5 min not working) for getting your proxy information. Once done follow the steps below:

1. Go to Maven installation folder C:\apache-maven-3.1.0\conf\
2. Copy settings.xml to C:\Users\[UserFolder]\.m2

3. Modify the proxy in settings.xml based on the info that you get from the above link.

   <proxy>
     <active>true</active>
     <protocol>http</protocol>
     <host>your proxy</host>
     <port>your port</port>
   </proxy>
   

4. Open eclipse

5. Go to: Windows > Preferences > Maven > User Settings

6. Browse the settings.xml from .m2 folder

7. Click Update Settings

8. Click Reindex

9. Apply the changes and Click OK

You can now try to create Maven Project in Eclipse

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Comments

[khmarbaise]

org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp:RELEASE this look strange ? Are you sure having the correct version? (search.maven.org/…)

[Haroon]

@khmarbaise The scenario happens when im trying create a maven project in eclipse. I have tried installing the plugin from link. The result was same. Then i tried to follow the instructions in link

[Haroon]

The eclipse message does say Could not find metadata org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp/maven-met‌​adata.xml in local ({HOME}/.m2/repository . Can there be any reason that eclipse isnt downloading maven-metadata.xml. The proxy works because I have installed the m2e plugin online. Any hints or directions?

[khmarbaise]

You should try it on command line first.

[Haroon]

@khmarbaise The command executed succeffully on the commandline mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-webapp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp and a web project was created. Im still unable to do it from Eclipse.

[narendra-choudhary]

I had a syntax error in settings.xml. Fixing the error solved the issue.

[freesoft]

Your solution didn't work for me. Finally I solved the problem: See detailed steps at my response at stackoverflow.com/questions/25760961/…

[user881703]

Error while adding the catalog file: An internal error occurred during Downloading reomte catalog

[viveksinghggits]

while adding remote catalog when I click on verify it says Remote catalog is empty, if I continue anyway its not working

[kunal]

This worked for me, but then I started getting OOM exception in eclipse, because it starts pulling out the list of all the archtypes from the remote server, which takes some memory. I had to increase -Xmx in eclipse.ini, so we need to make sure that eclipse already has enough memory allocated.

[Sandoval0992]

My problem was also solved just by pointing to the right settings.xml file. (Window/Preferences/Maven/User Settings)

[vinsinraw]

Though this works, but sometimes some other issue could make this solution ineffective. I had the issue with mirrors in my maven settings.xml. Once I commented out those in settings.xml, it worked for me.