Maven error in eclipse (pom.xml) : Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:pom:2.12.4

Question

I wanna make web project using the Maven to import automatically all libraries that I need, so I chose \"maven-archetype-webpp\"

after that I got this error

Answer 1

In my case eclipse was using an old settings.xml file.

Answer 2

You need just to follow those steps:

1. Right Click on your project: Run (As) -> Maven clean
2. Right Click on your project: Run (As) -> Maven install

After which, if the build fails when you do Maven Install, it means there is no web.xml file under WEB-INF or some problem associated with it. it really works