Issue in creating new maven project

Question

I'm new to maven and behind the office proxy

steps followed : installed the maven plugin for eclipse installed the spring plugin

New project-> maven

error

Failure to transfer org.springframework.osgi:spring-osgi-bundle-archetype:pom:1.0.2 from http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.springframework.osgi:spring-osgi-bundle-archetype:pom:1.0.2 from/to central (http:repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): null to http:repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/osgi/spring-osgi-bundle-archetype/1.0.2/spring-osgi-bundle-archetype-1.0.2.pom

Tried the following changing the window-> preference-> maven -> archytypes to

http:repo1.maven.org/maven2/archetype-catalog.xml

also by pointing to the settings.xml file

Would appreciate it if anybody could point me in the right direction

Answer 1

You're having problems downloading the archetype, likely due to firewall.

On the first screen of New Maven Project wizard, check the "Create a Simple Project (skip archetype selection)" checkbox.

Answer 2

Have you told Eclipse to go through the proxy? Go to Window -> preferences then General -> Network Connections. There you can properly set the proxy. Restart Eclipse before trying again. Also be sure that the Maven plugin is configured correctly in Window -> preferences -> Maven -> User Setting: the 'Global settings' textbox should not be empty.