[maven] Unknown lifecycle phase "mvn". You must specify a valid lifecycle phase or a goal in the format <plugin-prefix>:<goal> or <plugin-group-id>

Getting this error while building the sprint boot application through eclipse.

[ERROR] Unknown lifecycle phase "mvn". You must specify a valid lifecycle phase or a goal in the format <plugin-prefix>:<goal> or <plugin-group-id>:<plugin-artifact-id>[:<plugin-version>]:<goal>. Available lifecycle phases are: validate, initialize, generate-sources, process-sources, generate-resources, process-resources, compile, process-classes, generate-test-sources, process-test-sources, generate-test-resources, process-test-resources, test-compile, process-test-classes, test, prepare-package, package, pre-integration-test, integration-test, post-integration-test, verify, install, deploy, pre-clean, clean, post-clean, pre-site, site, post-site, site-deploy. -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.

but working fine if i build through command prompt. Attaching the pom.xml below.

Pom.xml

<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.sarun</groupId>
    <artifactId>SpringAngular</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name> SpringDataRestAngular</name>
    <description>Spring + AngularJS </description>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.3.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <!-- <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId> -->

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.postgresql/postgresql -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <version>9.3-1100-jdbc41</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <start-class>com.programmingfree.springservice.Application</start-class>
        <java.version>1.7</java.version>
    </properties>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

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Thanks for the reply. I was using "mvn clean install" in the maven build configuration. we no need to use "mvn" command if running through eclipse.

After buiding the application using the command "clean install" , I got one more error -
"No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?"

I followed this link:- No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?

now application building is fine in eclipse.


I was getting the same error. I was using Intellij IDEA and I wanted to run Spring boot application. So, solution from my side is as follow.

Go to Run menu -> Run configuration -> Click on Add button from the left panel and select maven -> In parameters add this text -> spring-boot:run

Now press Ok and Run.


Sometimes this error comes because it's simply the wrong folder. :-(

It shall be the folder which contains the pom.xml.


You have to specify any one of the above phase to resolve the above error. In most of the situations, this would have occurred due to running the build from the eclipse environment.

instead of mvn clean package or mvn package you can try only package its work fine for me


Create new Maven file with path as classpath and goal as class name


Try without command mvn in the command line. Example:

From:

mvn clean install jetty:run

To:

clean install jetty:run

I too got the similar problem and I did like below..
Rt click the project, navigate to Run As --> click 6 Maven Clean and your build will be success..

Maven Clean

Build Success


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