The PluginDescriptor for the plugin Plugin [org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin] was not found.

[Kapila Kohli <ka...@gmail.com>]

hello Everyone,

 I am newbie for Maven usage, so need some help-- My maven builds failing in
cruisecontrol  giving error-

[INFO] Velocity successfully started.
[INFO]
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[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO]
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[INFO] The PluginDescriptor for the plugin Plugin
[org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin] was not found.
[INFO]
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[INFO] Trace
java.lang.IllegalStateException: The PluginDescriptor for the plugin Plugin
[org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin] was not found.
at
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.addPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:325)
at
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyVersionedPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:212)

have checked that -maven-checkstyle-plugin exist under ---
/root/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/
Somehow dashboard is also not working.

I have tried to execute- mvn -Pahp -U checkstyle:checkstyle but its not
working fine. giving same error.
when i execute -mvn help:effective-pom its successful on my pom.xml

Have read docs @
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-plugin-prefix-mapping.html
also but seems i am lacking somewhere.

It would be great if experts can give some advice.

rgds
Kapila