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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by David Delbecq <de...@oma.be> on 2008/04/04 14:27:53 UTC

maven-dependency-plugin does not exist or no valid version could be found

Can someone explain to me this error please? For curious reasons, maven 
is enable to find it's dependency plugin


$ mvn -e dependency:tree
+ Error stacktraces are turned on.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'dependency'.
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin' 
does not exist or no valid version could be found
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin 
'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin' does not exist or no 
valid version could be found
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1286)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1522)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:386)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:138)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:333)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:126)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:282)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        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.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException: The 
plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin' does not exist 
or no valid version could be found
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:229)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:91)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:167)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1257)
        ... 14 more
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Apr 04 13:26:21 GMT+01:00 2008
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- 
David Delbecq
Institut Royal Météorologique
Ext:557


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RE: maven-dependency-plugin does not exist or no valid version could be found

Posted by "Brian E. Fox" <br...@reply.infinity.nu>.
Hard to tell from that output. Can your machine access http://repo1.maven.org/central ?

If no, there's your problem. If yes, then try clearing out your local repository.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Delbecq [mailto:delbd@oma.be] 
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 8:28 AM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: maven-dependency-plugin does not exist or no valid version could be found

Can someone explain to me this error please? For curious reasons, maven 
is enable to find it's dependency plugin


$ mvn -e dependency:tree
+ Error stacktraces are turned on.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'dependency'.
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin' 
does not exist or no valid version could be found
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin 
'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin' does not exist or no 
valid version could be found
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1286)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1522)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:386)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:138)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:333)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:126)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:282)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        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.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException: The 
plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin' does not exist 
or no valid version could be found
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:229)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:91)
        at 
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:167)
        at 
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1257)
        ... 14 more
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Fri Apr 04 13:26:21 GMT+01:00 2008
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO] 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- 
David Delbecq
Institut Royal Météorologique
Ext:557


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