POM error: Failure to find org.springframework.boot

Question

I have been trying to setup a spring boot project but am getting an error. I researched and tried various options but no luck so far. Any help would be appreciated.

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Answer 1

Check Settings.xml file mapping in Eclipse Window->Project->Maven->User Settings, It should be default xml provided from Maven config folder. You might have configured your own xml file which suites for you project needs.

Answer 2

I am facing this issue as i am writing this answer. Well seems my office internet settings has restricted downloading content using tools like eclipse. I have faced issues with multiple tools like eclipse, youtube-dl. When I use my mobile internet for my laptop it works fine. That means it has got to do something with the internet settings.

Answer 3

I got a similar exception while maven-build process.

If you are using a proxy network - update settings.xml in your maven folder

../apache-maven-3.2.3\conf/settings.xml

settings.xml content

<proxies>
    <proxy>
      <id>...</id>
      <active>true</active>
      <protocol>http</protocol>
      <username>....</username>
      <password>....</password>
      <host>....</host>
      <port>....</port>
      <nonProxyHosts>local.net|some.host.com</nonProxyHosts>
    </proxy>
   </proxies>

project(right click) -> Maven -> Update project -> tick everything (except OfflinI)

I got the issue resolved.

Answer 4

I tried few things 1. set up the settings.xml file 2. Update maven project option for eclipse didin't solved my issue 3. Run the following command manually , my issue got resolved

mvn dependency:purge-local-repository

Answer 5

<project 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/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  
  <groupId>com.programmingfree</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-data-rest-angular</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>Spring Data Rest + AngularJS</name>
  <description>This project uses Spring Data Rest and AngularJS to perform CRUD operations against MySql Database.</description>
  <parent>
		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
		<version>1.1.3.RELEASE</version>
		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
	</parent>
  <dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
		</dependency>		
		<dependency>
			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>

	<properties>
		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
		<start-class>com.programmingfree.springservice.Application</start-class>
		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
	</properties>

	<build>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>

Answer 6

Change the version of springboot to the next version or previous version and do update the pom file. It worked for me. I had issue with spring boot 2.1.5 so I changed it to 2.1.4 in the pom file and updated it. It worked.