Cannot find Plexus container for plugin: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin

[Bianca Schober <bs...@mhp.de>]

Hello!
I'm a newbie to maven. I just tried to create a project like it is described in the book Better Builds with Maven.
Below you can see my problem.
 
I downloaded the archetype-plugin-jar and put it in the lib-directory of maven. Was this correct?
What else do I have to do in order to use this plugin?
 
Thanks a lot for help!!!
 
Cheers,
Bianca
 
 
C:\WINDOWS\system32>mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactI
d=my-app -e
+ Error stacktraces are turned on.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
[INFO] Building Maven Default Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [archetype:create] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Internal error in the plugin manager executing goal 'org.apache.maven.plu
gins:maven-archetype-plugin:1.0-alpha-4:create': Cannot find Plexus container fo
r plugin: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Internal error in the pl
ugin manager executing goal 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:1.0
-alpha-4:create': Cannot find Plexus container for plugin: org.apache.maven.plug
ins:maven-archetype-plugin
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Defa
ultLifecycleExecutor.java:538)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandalone
Goal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:488)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(Defau
ltLifecycleExecutor.java:458)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHan
dleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:306)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegmen
ts(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:219)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLi
fecycleExecutor.java:140)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:322)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:256)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManagerException: Cannot find Plexus co
ntainer for plugin: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getPluginContainer(Defau
ltPluginManager.java:499)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(Defaul
tPluginManager.java:514)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPlugi
nManager.java:390)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Defa
ultLifecycleExecutor.java:534)
        ... 16 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Dec 11 13:37:13 CET 2006
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
C:\WINDOWS\system32>

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