How do you properly execute "mvn clean" inside a project?

I'm trying to clean, build, and package my project, but I keep getting this error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:clean (auto-clean) on project Presentation: Unable to parse configuration of mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:clean for parameter retryOnError: Cannot find 'retryOnError' in class org.apache.maven.plugin.clean.CleanMojo -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:clean (auto-clean) on project Presentation: Unable to parse configuration of mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:clean for parameter retryOnError: Cannot find 'retryOnError' in class org.apache.maven.plugin.clean.CleanMojo
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:220)
    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:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
    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.PluginConfigurationException: Unable to parse configuration of mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:clean for parameter retryOnError: Cannot find 'retryOnError' in class org.apache.maven.plugin.clean.CleanMojo
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.populatePluginFields(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:605)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:537)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:120)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
... 19 more
Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.ComponentConfigurationException: Cannot find 'retryOnError' in class org.apache.maven.plugin.clean.CleanMojo
    at org.eclipse.sisu.plexus.CompositeBeanHelper.setProperty(CompositeBeanHelper.java:252)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.ObjectWithFieldsConverter.processConfiguration(ObjectWithFieldsConverter.java:101)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.BasicComponentConfigurator.configureComponent(BasicComponentConfigurator.java:32)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.internal.DefaultMavenPluginManager.populatePluginFields(DefaultMavenPluginManager.java:575)
... 22 more

I've been trying to figure this out for myself for a while now. I have the project set up to auto clean, and it's exactly how Apache instructed to do so in the pom file(s), but I'll include that as well.

<project>
    <build>
        ...
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.6.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <failOnError>false</failOnError>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>auto-clean</id>
                    <phase>initialize</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>clean</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
        ...
    </build>
<project>

I am lost here. Obviously, it has something to do with 'retryOnError', but that's not something I added myself. Where would I find that?

Also, I'm using Maven 3.2.5 if that helps.

Solution

It looks like the version of the clean plugin you are explicitly configuring differs to the one shipped with maven (or a similar mismatch in default properties)

As the comments above suggest i would remove the entire section of :

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6.1</version>
    <configuration>
        <failOnError>false</failOnError>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>auto-clean</id>
            <phase>initialize</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>clean</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

and then run a mvn clean / mvn clean package.

If you are set on using the plugin you should also try setting the property manually in the config as the below:

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6.1</version>
    <configuration>
        <failOnError>false</failOnError>
        <retryOnError>true</retryOnError>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>auto-clean</id>
            <phase>initialize</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>clean</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>