[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2408?page=all ] Graham Leggett reopened MNG-2408: ---------------------------------
How on earth is this a configuration issue? The maven install is brand new, there is no configuration at all. The new user _does not_ have a priori knowledge that they have to run maven with the -U switch. Why would they? Maven has always updated itself automatically, why should it stop now? Do a Google search for the above error, and you get person after person asking the same question over and over again. All it takes is a single extra line of documentation indicating to the user that the -U switch may be required on new installations. Please take feedback from new users seriously. I know it is difficult from the point of view of a developer to see maven as the new user sees it. When a new user points out something isn't clear, then change it so it is. Maven is supposed to make the developer's life easier, not harder. > Following "How do I make my first Maven project?" doesn't work > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-2408 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2408 > Project: Maven 2 > Type: Bug > Components: Documentation: Guides > Versions: 2.0.4 > Reporter: Graham Leggett > Assignee: Brett Porter > > > If you follow the instructions at > http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html#How%20do%20I%20make%20my%20first%20Maven%20project? > to use the archetype plugin to create a new project skeleton, the suggested > command line fails as below. > It seems there is a typo of some kind in the suggested command line, I am not > familiar enough with maven 2 to know for sure. > Graham-Leggetts-Computer:~/src/standard/alchemy/maven minfrin$ mvn > archetype:create -DgroupId=za.co.standardbank.alchemy > -DartifactId=alchemy-trader > [INFO] Scanning for projects... > [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not > exist or no valid version could be found > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Total time: 1 second > [INFO] Finished at: Tue Jun 27 09:43:14 SAST 2006 > [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
