Maven Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

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I configured Maven 3 0 3 and tried to download a sample project using archetypes with this command    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   - gt   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

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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

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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    lt proxies gt    lt proxy gt      lt active gt true lt  active gt      lt host gt myproxy host net lt  host gt      lt port gt 80 lt  port gt    lt  proxy gt   lt  proxies gt    you have to check your proxy configuration and replace it there

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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

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In my case  it was not worknig even after passing the proxy credentails   Mistake was - forgot to remove the comment line    lt  -- proxy    Specification for one proxy  to be used in connecting to the network    lt proxy gt     lt id gt optional lt  id gt     lt active gt true lt  active gt     lt protocol gt http lt  protocol gt     lt username gt 345325 lt  username gt     lt password gt dfgasdfg lt  password gt     lt host gt proxy abc com lt  host gt     lt port gt 8080 lt  port gt     lt nonProxyHosts gt proxy abc com lt  nonProxyHosts gt   lt  proxy gt   -- gt     ----------REMOVE THIS LINE AND CLOSE It above  lt proxy gt  tag

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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

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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   Go to D  Maven apache-maven-3 0 4-bin apache-maven-3 0 4 conf  ie your maven installation folder   Copy settings xml and paste it in  m2 folder  which is in the users folder of your windows machine  Add the proxy setting   Something like this     lt proxies gt       lt  -- proxy       Specification for one proxy  to be used in connecting to the network       -- gt       lt proxy gt               lt active gt true lt  active gt         lt protocol gt http lt  protocol gt         lt username gt your username lt  username gt         lt password gt password lt  password gt             lt host gt proxy host net lt  host gt         lt port gt 80 lt  port gt         lt  proxy gt      lt  proxies gt

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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

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Thank it worked     edit setting xml  and replace proxy with this  Its working 100    lt proxy gt           lt active gt true lt  active gt     lt protocol gt http lt  protocol gt     lt username gt your username lt  username gt     lt password gt password lt  password gt         lt host gt proxy host net lt  host gt     lt port gt 80 lt  port gt

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I have to put     lt proxy gt     lt id gt optional lt  id gt     lt active gt true lt  active gt     lt protocol gt http lt  protocol gt     lt host gt Your proxy host lt  host gt     lt port gt proxy host ip lt  port gt     lt nonProxyHosts gt local net some host com lt  nonProxyHosts gt   lt  proxy gt    Before     lt proxy gt     lt id gt optional lt  id gt     lt active gt true lt  active gt     lt protocol gt https lt  protocol gt     lt host gt Your proxy host lt  host gt     lt port gt proxy host ip lt  port gt     lt nonProxyHosts gt local net some host com lt  nonProxyHosts gt   lt  proxy gt    Weird  but yes     lt protocol gt http lt  protocol gt  has to come before   lt protocol gt https lt  protocol gt   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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I had to change my password to the latest in the user home  m2 settings xml file

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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     lt proxy gt     lt id gt optional lt  id gt     lt active gt true lt  active gt     lt protocol gt http lt  protocol gt     lt  --username gt proxyuser lt  username gt     lt password gt proxypass lt  password-- gt     lt host gt webtitan lt  host gt     lt port gt 8881 lt  port gt     lt  --nonProxyHosts gt local net some host com lt  nonProxyHosts-- gt   lt  proxy gt

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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   lt proxies gt       lt  -- proxy        Specification for one proxy  to be used in connecting to the network              lt proxy gt         lt id gt optional lt  id gt         lt active gt true lt  active gt         lt protocol gt http lt  protocol gt         lt username gt jorgesys lt  username gt         lt password gt supercalifragilisticoespialidoso lt  password gt         lt host gt proxyjorgesys lt  host gt         lt port gt 8080 lt  port gt         lt nonProxyHosts gt local net some host com lt  nonProxyHosts gt       lt  proxy gt      -- gt     lt  proxies gt     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

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

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If you created new settings xml file instead of copy it from somewhere else  remember to put the  tag inside        lt settings xmlns  http   maven apache org SETTINGS 1 0 0    xmlns xsi  http   www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema-instance    xsi schemaLocation  http   maven apache org SETTINGS 1 0 0                         https   maven apache org xsd settings-1 0 0 xsd  gt         lt proxies gt                         lt  proxies gt   lt  settings gt

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For me  the solution given on the page maven is not able to download anything from central because ssl don t work worked  when running Mint 19 in a VM   sudo apt install ca-certificates-java sudo update-ca-certificates -f

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