Maven for Eclipse (M2E) Installation error

Question

Error Details:

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found. Software being installed: m2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse 1.4.0.20130601-0317 (org.eclipse.m2e.feature.feature.group 1.4.0.20130601-0317) Missing requirement: Maven Integration for Eclipse (Editors) 1.4.0.20130601-0317 (org.eclipse.m2e.editor 1.4.0.20130601-0317) requires 'bundle org.slf4j.api 1.6.2' but it could not be found Cannot satisfy dependency: From: m2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse 1.4.0.20130601-0317 (org.eclipse.m2e.feature.feature.group 1.4.0.20130601-0317) To: org.eclipse.m2e.editor [1.4.0.20130601-0317]`

Getting the above mentioned error when installing M2E in Eclipse. The M2E URL that I used is http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases

Answer 1

As of late 2011, the M2Eclipse project was donated to the Eclipse foundation by Sonatype and is now called simply M2E. As of the Indigo JEE SR2 release, this plugin can be found in the pre-configured "Indigo" update site contained inside Eclipse, so you don't have to add any new update site.

To install, do the following:

• Launch Eclipse; select the Help->Install New Software menu item.
• Select the "Indigo" update site and wait for the software choices to pop up in the table in the lower portion of this "Install" dialog (it can take up to a minute).
• In the table, select "General Purpose Tools" and then "M2E - Maven Integration for Eclipse", click Next and finish the installation of the plugin.
• Restart Eclipse as directed.

Answer 2

Sometimes, for older Eclipse, like Helios, version 1.5 or 1.4 throws similar error. You can try with 1.3 in that case :

http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases/1.3