Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file

Question

This is my first project using Spring (and I'm not too experienced with Maven either) and I get the error in the title when running mvn package.

This is my pom.xml:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>      <groupId>hu.infolaverage.europress.imageprovider</groupId>     <artifactId>imageprovider</artifactId>     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>     <packaging>pom</packaging>      <parent>         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>         <version>1.0.2.RELEASE</version>     </parent>      <properties>         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>         <start-class>hu.infolaverage.europress.imageprovider.App</start-class>     </properties>      <dependencies>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>junit</groupId>             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>             <version>3.8.1</version>             <scope>test</scope>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>             <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>             <version>2.7.11</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>             <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>             <version>2.7.11</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>             <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>             <version>2.7.11</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>             <artifactId>cxf-rt-ws-security</artifactId>             <version>2.7.11</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.apache.ws.security</groupId>             <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>             <version>1.5.6</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>             <version>1.7.1</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>             <artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>             <version>3.3.0</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>             <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>             <version>1.10</version>         </dependency>         <dependency>             <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>             <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>             <version>3.2.1</version>         </dependency>     </dependencies>      <build>         <plugins>             <plugin>                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>                 <version>2.3.2</version>             </plugin>             <plugin>                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>                 <version>1.0.2.RELEASE</version>                 <executions>                     <execution>                         <goals>                             <goal>repackage</goal>                         </goals>                     </execution>                 </executions>             </plugin>         </plugins>     </build>      <repositories>         <repository>             <id>spring-snapshots</id>             <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>             <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>         </repository>     </repositories>      <pluginRepositories>         <pluginRepository>             <id>spring-snapshots</id>             <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>             <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>         </pluginRepository>     </pluginRepositories> </project> 

And here is the full error:

[INFO] Error stacktraces are turned on. [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO]  [INFO] Using the builder org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder with a thread count of 1 [INFO]                                                                          [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building imageprovider 1.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO]  [INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ imageprovider --- [INFO]  [INFO] --- spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage (default) @ imageprovider --- [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 4.451 s [INFO] Finished at: 2014-05-06T09:06:49+01:00 [INFO] Final Memory: 13M/167M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage (default) on project imageprovider: Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage (default) on project imageprovider: Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:224)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:108)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:76)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:116)     at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:361)     at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155)     at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:584)     at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:213)     at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:157)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file     at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:144)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)     ... 19 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Source must refer to an existing file     at org.springframework.boot.loader.tools.Repackager.<init>(Repackager.java:56)     at org.springframework.boot.maven.RepackageMojo$1.<init>(RepackageMojo.java:102)     at org.springframework.boot.maven.RepackageMojo.execute(RepackageMojo.java:102)     at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:133)     ... 20 more [ERROR]  [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. [ERROR]  [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException 

Same thing happens when I remove the version and executions from the spring-boot-maven-plugin.

Answer 1

Try mvn install before running spring-boot:repackage:

mvn clean install spring-boot:repackage 

Answer 2

Ok, I found the error. I needed to change the packaging parameter to jar from pom. Also, the repositories, pluginRepositories, the maven-compiler-plugin and the spring-boot-maven-plugin's version and executions weren't needed.