Missing artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:jar:1.3.2.RELEASE

Question

I am getting the following error in POM.xml for spring boot dependency.

Missing artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:jar:1.3.2.RELEASE

I tried all the solutions given in the following link but nothing solved my problem:
Maven2: Missing artifact but jars are in place

Answer 1

You're getting this error because there is no jar artifact for spring-boot-starter-parent in maven central, since spring-boot-starter-parent uses pom packaging. The reason for that is because it's intended to be used as a parent pom:

<parent>     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>     <version>1.3.2.RELEASE</version> </parent> 

Alternatively, you can just import the managed dependencies if that is what you intended to do:

<dependencyManagement>     <dependencies>         <dependency>             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>             <version>1.3.2.RELEASE</version>             <scope>import</scope>             <type>pom</type>         </dependency>        </dependencies> </dependencyManagement> 

You can read more about importing dependencies in the Importing Dependencies section of the Introduction to the Dependency Mechanism article.