[java] Maven- No plugin found for prefix 'spring-boot' in the current project and in the plugin groups

I am trying to build a springboot project I built with Spring Tools Suite. I get the following error when I execute $mvn spring-boot:run

Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/codehaus/mojo/maven-metadata.xml
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml (13 KB at 14.0 KB/sec)
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/codehaus/mojo/maven-metadata.xml (20 KB at 21.8 KB/sec)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.032 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-06-15T17:46:50-04:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 11M/123M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] No plugin found for prefix 'spring-boot' in the current project and in the plugin groups [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo] available from the repositories [local (/Users/admin/.m2/repository), central (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2)] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1]     http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/NoPluginFoundForPrefixException`

Heres my pom.xml plugin

    <build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <arguments>
                    <argument>--spring.profiles.active=dev</argument>
                </arguments>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

I tried the jhipster plugin above and no change in the error.

In my case, my maven variable environment was M2_HOME, so I've changed to MAVEN_HOME and worked.

You might want to add the following to your pom and try compiling

   <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
            <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
    <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
            <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </pluginRepository>
    </pluginRepositories>

Typos are a possible reason for this error.

Be sure to check you wrote spring-boot and not e.g. springboot or sprint-boot or springbok or whatever.

Also check the ordering : use spring-boot:run and not run:spring-boot.

Use mvn spring-boot:run. No mvn sprint-boot:run Error Writing.

If you are running the

mvn spring-boot:run

from the command line, make sure you are in the directory that contains the pom.xml file. Otherwise, you will run into the No plugin found for prefix 'spring-boot' in the current project and in the plugin groups error.

You should run the $ mvn spring-boot:run from the folder where your pom.xml file is located and refer to this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/33602837/4918021

Instead of using the full plugin name (with groupId) like described in Bartosz's answer, you could add

<pluginGroups>
    <pluginGroup>org.springframework.boot</pluginGroup>
</pluginGroups>

to your .m2/settings.xml.

Adding spring-boot-maven-plugin in the build resolved it in my case

<build>
    <finalName>mysample-web</finalName>
    <plugins>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                <artifactId>springloaded</artifactId>
                <version>1.2.1.RELEASE</version>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>  

If you don't want to use

<parent>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
  <version>(...)</version>
</parent>

as a parent POM, you may use the

mvn org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:run

command instead.

Make sure pom.xml exist in the directory, when using the mvn spring-boot:run command. No need to add any thing in the pom.xml file.