Maven not downloading dependencies in Eclipse

Question

I am setting up a project in eclipse . This projects builds successfully through command line(all mvn commands like mvn package, mvn compile<

Answer 1

Make sure you're defining the dependency as close as possible to the leaf of the project tree where it is needed. Otherwise, Maven might ignore it.

For example, if you have a parent project that references projects A and B and the dependency is with respect to project A, then defining the dependency in the parent's pom.xml might get ignored by Maven. So, define it in project A's pom.xml.

Parent Project's pom.xml
   Sub-project A's pom.xml <<< define the dependency where it is needed
   Sub-project B's pom.xml