Can not download sources with Intellij Idea community 12.1.4 and maven 3.0.5

Question

I click \"download sources and documentation\" in Intellij Idea Community Edition 12.1.4 and get error that sources can not be downloaded. But when I try:

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Answer 1

Had the same issue with IntelliJ 2016.2.4. As user526177 posted udating the Maven version fixes it but for my needs switching to the bundled Maven 2 was just fine and fixed the issue.

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Answer 2

I had the same issue with IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.3 and Maven 3.2.1. No solution mentioned here was working. In my case a newer Maven version fixed the issue. With Maven 3.3.9 IDEA can now download the sources.

Answer 3

I use IDEA 2017.1.3, I just change the Maven home directory option(Preferences -> Build, Execution,Deployment -> Build Tools -> Maven -> Maven home directory) of default Maven 3 to Maven 2, I believe it's the same solution for newer version of IDEA just like the selected answer. And it works for me.