Maven Error : Maven Project Configuration for Module isn't available

java maven intellij-idea pom.xml

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Solution 1

Right click the module and select the Make Module "project module name" option from the pop up menu. The messages will be shown. But go to Problems and see now. This will clear and correct this problem.

Solution 2

Right-click on pom.xml and then click on "Add as Maven Project".

Solution 3

In my case the problem ocurred after uprgrading IJ from 14.x to 15.x and disappeared when I issued Build -> Rebuild Project

Solution 4

My problem with this error under 2019.3.4 is related to the build delegating to Maven. Idea is letting Maven build my project first and that build is failing because I broke a test. I get around this problem by not allowing IDEA to delegate to Maven. On Mac OS Catalina: Intellij -> Preferences -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Runner and uncheck Delegate IDE Build/run actions to Maven

Solution 5

In my case, I had to use the following trick:

Right click the module name in the project panel
Select "Open Module Settings"
In the pop-up window, click Dependencies
Select java version 1.8.0_151

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Nat

Updated on July 09, 2022

Comments

Nat almost 2 years

I keep getting this error when I try to compile my code. I have the pom.xml file in my directories but I am not sure if there is something wrong in there. I found only one link on the internet regarding this and that was not my case: Maven project configuration required for module

Error:Maven Resources Compiler: Maven project configuration required for module 'updater' isn't available. Compilation of Maven projects is supported only if external build is started from an IDE.

Here is the content of my pom file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0     http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.nothing.updater</groupId>
    <artifactId>Updater</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>


    <!--<dependencies>-->
        <!--<dependency>-->
            <!--<groupId>com.nothing.toolbox</groupId>-->
            <!--<artifactId>Toolbox</artifactId>-->
            <!--<version>1.1</version>-->
        <!--</dependency>-->

    <!--</dependencies>-->
</project>

I am using a multi-module project.

Nat over 8 years

Thanks for your reply, I see. I am gonna try it but two questions: 1. how do I know it originates from line 43 and 2. Where can I see it needs configuration.xml? Thank you!
Lars Gendner over 8 years

To your questions: 1. line 43 reads context.processMessage(new CompilerMessage(BUILDER_NAME, BuildMessage.Kind.ERROR, "Maven project configuration required for module '" + target.getModule().getName() + "' isn't available. Compilation of Maven projects is supported only if external build is started from an IDE."));, which pretty much is the error message you get. And 2. you find that when you descend into JpsMavenExtensionService.getInstance().getMavenProjectConfig‌uration.
matbrgz over 6 years

Just had same issue with a rather intricate maven project with 2017.2.1. Why does this help?
robbie70 about 5 years

unbelieveable, I have spent days trying to sort this problem out and tried a million things but finally your solution worked for me ! thank you. For info I am using Intellij 2018.3, java 11 (but only using version 8 language level in my project), maven 3.6. Update : Although this works - there is something strange going on - after I run Rebuild Project and then run my "mvn clean", "mvn validate", "mvn compile" - I sometimes still get the error mentioned above.
Mike Miller over 4 years

This just fixed a problem I had when upgrading from 2019.1.2 to 2019.2.1; so whatever is going on, it is still an issue.
luizfzs over 4 years

Worked on 2018.2.1
cellepo over 4 years

I think this helped me on 2019.2.2 (Ultimate Edition) for Mac.
pernpas over 4 years

I had the same issue when after update to 2019.3 on Ubuntu. After rebuilding the project the problems are gone now
packoman over 4 years

This solve this error, that I had: Error:Maven Resources Compiler: Maven project configuration required for module '...' isn't available. Compilation of Maven projects is supported only if external build is started from an IDE.
ABC123 over 4 years

In IntelliJ 2019.3 the menu item I found was 'Build Module <project module name>'.
Christoph over 2 years

Thank you, this simple step helped me too on 2021.2.2 (Community Edition) for Linux!
Varun over 2 years

Thanks. But it was already unchecked for me, so didn't work.
Varun over 2 years

I'm on intelliJ and can not not find the option to 'Open Module Settings'.
Varun over 2 years

It didn't for me. Thanks, tho'.
Varun over 2 years

I'm on IntelliJ and I can not find the option to 'Make Module'. Thanks, tho'.
Varun over 2 years

It's already added as Maven Project in my case. Tried 'Unlink Maven Project' and followed the solution then, but it didn't work. Thanks, tho'.
Jason Huang almost 2 years

Worked for me in 2022. Thanks