Unable to download .jar files inside m2 repository using maven dependencies

Question

This is the error thrown,

Failure to transfer org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:3.0 from http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of ibiblio.org has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:3.0 from/to ibiblio.org (http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/ maven2): Access denied to http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/3.0/plexus-utils-3.0.jar. Error code 403, Forbidden

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I have the same issue in two different machines [One of the machines with Proxy and other without proxy (Personnel laptop)]

I'm using

1. Eclipse Kepler
2. JDK 1.6
3. Maven 3.0.4

No luck after lots of attempts; Some of them are listed below:

• downgraded JDK [Java] from 1.7 to 1.6

• added proxy on settings.xml under [C:\Users\prashanth_sams\.m2]

  

• added mirror in settings.xml under C:\Program Files\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.4\conf\settings.xml

• located specific Maven version location externally

But, instead of jar files, I see the following two files present inside the repo with suffix, .lastUpdated

Is there any other mirrors to be added in the settings.xml? Any help is highly welcome!

Solution

This issue got fixed when I add the mirrors on settings.xml which is located in C:\Program Files\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.4\conf\settings.xml from the below URL

http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/.meta/repository-metadata.xml

After updating the XML, try Maven > Update Project..