maven install throw “error in opening zip file” only after the second try

Question

I try to run maven install on my project with some dependencies:

    log4j
    log4j         


        

Answer 1

It seems to be due to an incorrect connection url in your maven plugin. I was using a vpn connection earlier and hence, it had initialized it with that url which was not valid anymore.

rm -rf {PATH to .m2}/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/

This should fix it