Eclipse Java EE New Maven Project: Could not resolve archetype

Question

I am using the latest Eclipse Java EE (Kepler) and trying to create a Maven project. When I attempt to do this, and finally click the Finish button, I get this error:

Could not resolve archetype org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:RELEASE from any of the configured repositories.

All I have done in terms of "set-up" is install Eclipse Java EE (I also installed the main eclipse standard 4.3 earlier). I am also on a work computer, and a proxy test I ran returned the result: This request appears to have come via a proxy.

This has driven me nearly insane, so any help would be great! Thanks!

Answer 1

Please verify, in Eclipse, Windows > Preferences > Maven > User Settings, please check the User settings file (settings.xml) exists and the proxy setting inside that file is correctly pointed to your proxy server.

Answer 2

Adding the following inside "mirrors" section in the user setting.xml file.

<!-- mirrors so we can control the access of artifacts and avoid going to 
    the internet for artifact metadata -->
<mirrors>
    <mirror>
        <id>maven repo</id>
        <url>http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
        <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
    </mirror>
</mirrors>

The official Maven 2 repository is at http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 hosted in the US, or http://uk.maven.org/maven2 hosted in the UK.