Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin or one of its dependencies could not be resolved

Question

I'm having some issues to configure properly my eclipse to work with maven.

I create a new project, this one is correctly build with maven in command line (mvn install), but in Eclipse I got this error:

CoreException: Could not get the value for parameter compilerId for plugin execution default-compile: PluginResolutionException: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to collect dependencies for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:jar:3.1 (): ArtifactDescriptorException: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven:maven-settings:jar:2.2.1: ArtifactResolutionException: Failure to transfer org.apache.maven:maven-settings:pom:2.2.1 from http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.apache.maven:maven-settings:pom:2.2.1 from/to central : NullPointerException pom.xml /test line 9 Maven Project Build Lifecycle Mapping Problem

Here is my settings.xml conf :

<proxy>
  <active>true</active>
  <protocol>http</protocol>
  <username>myuser</username>
  <password>$mymdp</password>
  <host>myhost</host>
  <port>8080</port>
  <nonProxyHosts>some.host.com</nonProxyHosts>
</proxy>
....

<repository>
     <id>central</id>
     <name>central repo m2</name>
     <url>http://central.maven.org/maven2</url>
</repository>

I choose the correct maven installation (in Preference -> Maven -> Install)

I also direct my user settings on the correct settings.xml (Preferences -> Maven -> User Settings)

But I still got this error in Eclipse and everything goes well with maven command line. Do you have and idea?

Answer 1

Have you tried to remove the proxy username and password? A similar poster encountered that issue:

Could not calculate build plan: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin:2.3.2 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved

Failing that I found the following worked:

1. Delete project in Eclipse (but do not delete the contents on disk)
2. Delete all files in your Maven repository
3. Re-download all Maven dependencies:

mvn dependency:resolve

4. Start up Eclipse
5. Ensure that Eclipse is configured to use your external Maven installation (Window->Preferences->Maven->Installations)
6. Re-import the existing project(s) into Eclipse
7. Ensure that there are no Maven Eclipse plugin errors on the final screen of the project import

Answer 2

You only need to delete one folder it is throwing error for. Just go to your M2 repo and org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-compiler-plugins and delete the folder 2.3.2

Answer 3

I was getting this problem when using IBM RSA 9.6.1 when building a brand new development machine. The problem for me ended up being because of HTTPS on the Global Maven repository. My solution was to create a Maven settings.xml that forced it to use HTTP.

The key to me was that the central repository was empty when I exploded it under Maven Repositories -- > Global Repositories

Using the following settings file worked for me:

<settings>
  <activeProfiles>
    <!--make the profile active all the time -->
    <activeProfile>insecurecentral</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>insecurecentral</id>
      <!--Override the repository (and pluginRepository) "central" from the Maven Super POM -->
      <repositories>
        <repository>
          <id>central</id>
          <url>http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
          </releases>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
      <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
          <id>central</id>
          <url>http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
          <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
          </releases>
        </pluginRepository>
      </pluginRepositories>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</settings>

I got the idea from this stackoverflow question.

Answer 4

The issue has been resolved while installation of the maven settings is provided as External in Eclipse. The navigation settings are Window --> Preferences --> Installations. Select the External as installation Type, provide the Installation home and name and click on Finish. Finally select this as default installations.