Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I configured Maven 3.0.3 and tried to download a sample project using archetypes with this comand:

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.graniteds.archetypes -DarchetypeArtifactId=graniteds-tide-spring-jpa-hibernate -DgroupId=org.example -DartifactId=gdsspringflex -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT

(Command from this link : http://java.dzone.com/articles/enterprise-ria-spring-3-flex-4 )

And I got this error:

Downloading: repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/2.4.1/maven-clean-plugin-2.4.1.pom    [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.4.1    Downloading: repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/2.3.1/maven-install-plugin-2.3.1.pom    [WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:jar:2.3.1  .  .  .  Downloading: repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml  Downloading: repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/mojo/maven-metadata.xml    [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-metadata.xml from/to central (repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: Connection refused: connect    [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.codehaus.mojo/maven-metadata.xml from/to central (repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: Connection refused: connect  Downloading: repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml  Downloading: repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/mojo/maven-metadata.xml    [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-metadata.xml from/to central (repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: Connection refused: connect    [WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.codehaus.mojo/maven-metadata.xml from/to central (repo1.maven.org/maven2): Error transferring file: Connection refused: connect  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------  [INFO] BUILD FAILURE  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------  [INFO] Total time: 16.479s  [INFO] Finished at: Tue Oct 18 12:44:58 BST 2011  [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/15M  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------    [ERROR] No plugin found for prefix 'archetype' in the current project and in the plugin groups [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo] available from the repositories [local (C:\Users\krsl1254\.m2\repository), central (repo1.maven.org/maven2)] -> [Help 1]  

I tried searching some posts similar to this but couldn't get an answer. I tried changing proxy settings in settings.xml but it still doesn't work. Could you please help me out? Thanks.

Basith.

Answer by Snake Sanders for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I had the same error. In my case I am using Netbeans 7.1.2, I am posting this because maybe someone end up here same as I did.

I tried to configure the proxy options from the GUI, but the documentation says that maven doesn't read those. So I checked the NetBeans FAQ here :

What mainly you have to do is create (if it does not exist) a settings.xml under

user.home/.m2/settings.xml  

if you don't have it you can copy from

netbeans.home/java/maven/conf/settings.xml  

then uncomment if you already have it otherwise just fill this section:

        true     myproxy.host.net     80       

you have to check your proxy configuration and replace it there

Answer by Siddesh Sahu for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

Some times if we delete the local repository folder and again try to do mvn install it works. you can also try to delete .m2/ maven home folder (i.e. hidden folder local repository )

Answer by Rakesh Prabhakaran for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I had a similar issue with Eclipse and the same steps as Sanders did solve it. It happens because the proxy restricts call to maven repository

1. Go to D:\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.4-bin\apache-maven-3.0.4\conf (ie your maven installation folder)
2. Copy settings.xml and paste it in .m2 folder, which is in the users folder of your windows machine.
3. Add the proxy setting

Something like this:

                           true        http        your username        password            proxy.host.net        80                

Answer by venkatram mutyala for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

This problem will solve when we change the version of apache-maven

I faced it and it was solved when i used apache-maven-2.2.1

Answer by Margish Kotadiya for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I wouldn't advise you to do this but on my personal computer I disabled the firewall so that maven could get the required plugins.

Answer by Laura Liparulo for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I had the same problem because I was using port 80 instead of 8080 in the settings.xml proxy configuration

Answer by tester for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I was having exactly the same problem.I went to my IE setting->LAN Settings.Then copied the Address as host and port as the port and it worked. Following is the snapshot of the proxies tag in the Settings.xml that I changed.

    optional    true    http        webtitan    8881        

Answer by Surekha for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I had to change my password to the latest in the user.home/.m2/settings.xml file!

Answer by Abhinav Choudhary for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

Thank it worked...

edit setting.xml

and replace proxy with this

Its working 100%

          true    http    your username    password        proxy.host.net    80    

Answer by Hal for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

Mac OSX 10.7.5: I tried setting my proxy in the settings.xml file (as mentioned by posters above) in the /conf directory and also in the ~/.m2 directory, but still I got this error. I downloaded the latest version of Maven (3.1.1), and set my PATH variable to reflect the latest install, and it worked for me right off the shelf without any error.

Answer by Ami Bhushan Jha for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

In my case, it was not worknig even after passing the proxy credentails.

Mistake was - forgot to remove the comment line.

    ----------REMOVE THIS LINE AND CLOSE It above  tag  

Answer by Elenasys for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I had the same issue in Windows

and it worked since my proxy configuration in settings.xml file was changed

So locate and edit the file inside the \conf folder, for example : C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.2.5\conf

• In my case i had to chage from port 80 to 8080
• If you can´t edit this file that is located inside /program files you can make a copy, edit the file and replace the file located into /program files folder.

Answer by Srikanth Kodali for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

In my case, even my system is not behind proxy, I got same issue. I was able to resolve by typing mvn help:archetype before mvn archetype:generate

Answer by fiberair for Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

I have to put

     optional    true    http    host>Your proxy host    proxy host ip    local.net|some.host.com    

Before

     optional    true    https    Your proxy host    proxy host ip    local.net|some.host.com    

Weird but yes. !!!, http has to come before https. It solved my problem. Hope it helps someone who faces connections issue even after enabling proxy settings in conf/settings.xml.

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