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Failed to create maven project in Eclipse Java EE IDE

By default, the maven plugin is integrated with the latest Eclipse IDE versions (eg., Mars). However, on creating a Maven project it simply throws the following error:

Note: it doesn't undergo any proxy setup

Could not calculate build plan: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.6 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failure to find org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:jar:2.6 in http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of nexus has elapsed or updates are forced Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.6 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failure to find org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:jar:2.6 in http://localhost:8081/nexus/content/groups/public was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of nexus has elapsed or updates are forced

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Tool used:

Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.
Version: Mars Release (4.5.0)
Solution

  • The following xml file did trick for me., to do so..

    1| Create an xml file (settings.xml) in the following location, C:\Users\username\.m2\settings.xml

    2| Copy and paste the below xml snippet that contains multiple mirror tags in it.

    3| Save the xml file.

    <settings 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/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
    <mirrors>
        <mirror>
            <id>ibiblio.org</id>
            <url>http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- United States, North Carolina -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>lsu.edu</id>
            <url>http://ibiblio.lsu.edu/main/pub/packages/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- United States, Louisiana -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>sateh.com</id>
            <url>http://maven.sateh.com/repository</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- The Netherlands, Amsterdam -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>dotsrc.org</id>
            <url>http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- Denmark -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>sunsite.dk</id>
            <url>http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- Denmark -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>skynet.be</id>
            <url>http://maven2.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- Belgium -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>cica.es</id>
            <url>http://ftp.cica.es/mirrors/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- Spain, Sevilla -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>redv.com</id>
            <url>http://mirrors.redv.com/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- Shanghai, China -->
        </mirror>

        <!-- these just point to ibiblio.org -->
        <mirror>
            <id>ibiblio.net</id>
            <url>http://www.ibiblio.net/pub/packages/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- United States, North Carolina -->
        </mirror>
        <mirror>
            <id>ggi-project.org</id>
            <url>http://ftp.ggi-project.org/pub/packages/maven2</url>
            <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
            <!-- The Netherlands, Amsterdam -->
        </mirror>
    </mirrors>
    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>alwaysActiveProfile</id>
            <repositories>
                <repository>
                    <id>central</id>
                    <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
                    <releases>
                        <enabled>true</enabled>
                    </releases>
                    <snapshots>
                        <enabled>true</enabled>
                    </snapshots>
                </repository>
            </repositories>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
    <activeProfiles>
        <activeProfile>alwaysActiveProfile</activeProfile>
    </activeProfiles>
</settings>

    4| Go to, Eclipse > Window > Preferences > Maven > User Settings

    5| Check User Settings location

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