Not Getting Started with Maven - Archtype plugin Not found

Hi
I followed all instructions on how to set up maven and new project but getting following error.

mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -e

I have tried following.
1. Delete .m2 folder.
2. Tried the command many time as suggested by previous thread

Error ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C:\maventest>mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -e
+ Error stacktraces are turned on.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central
[WARNING] repository metadata for: 'org.apache.maven.plugins' could not be retrieved from repository: central due to an error: Error transferring file
[INFO] Repository 'central' will be blacklisted
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1303)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1542)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:405)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:137)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException: The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be f
ound
at org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:229)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:91)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:171)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1274)
... 14 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 13 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jan 05 13:57:58 GMT+05:30 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Deepak,

It appears to be telling you that it can't download the archetype plugin from the Maven repository (which is out on the internet). Does your firewall permit Maven?

Thanks Martijn,
How do I verify that my firewell is not permitting.

You'll need to check with your network people (I'm assuming you are at work here). Also check this section of the maven docs

Martijn,

Till this point I was in office and I see that the .m2 folder was not getting created but now from home I ran the same command. From home, I can see there are 2 folders in .m2/repository folder 1) org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-archetype-plugin 2) org\codehaus\mojo

But the script is further failing giving I think the same error.
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C:\maventest>mvn -X archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -DgroupId=net.roseindia.maven.quickstart -DartifactId=HelloMaven -e
+ Error stacktraces are turned on.
Maven version: 2.0.9
Java version: 1.6.0_06
OS name: "windows xp" version: "5.1" arch: "x86" Family: "windows"
[DEBUG] Building Maven user-level plugin registry from: 'C:\Documents and Settings\GaikxDee\.m2\plugin-registry.xml'
[DEBUG] Building Maven global-level plugin registry from: 'C:\Deepak\Softwares\apache-maven-2.0.9\conf\plugin-registry.xml'
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[DEBUG] Loading plugin prefixes from group: org.apache.maven.plugins
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from central
[DEBUG] repository metadata for: 'org.apache.maven.plugins' could not be found on repository: central
[DEBUG] Loading plugin prefixes from group: org.codehaus.mojo
[INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from central
[DEBUG] repository metadata for: 'org.codehaus.mojo' could not be found on repository: central
[INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin: checking for updates from central
[DEBUG] repository metadata for: 'artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' could not be found on repository: central
[DEBUG] maven-archetype-plugin: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] Artifact not found - using stub model: Unable to determine the latest version

org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:LATEST

[DEBUG] Using defaults for missing POM org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:LATEST
[DEBUG] maven-archetype-plugin: using locally installed snapshot
[DEBUG] Artifact not found - using stub model: Unable to determine the release version

org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:RELEASE

[DEBUG] Using defaults for missing POM org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:pom:RELEASE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[DEBUG] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1303)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1542)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:405)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:137)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException: The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid versio
ound
at org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:229)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:91)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:171)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1274)
... 14 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 minute 34 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jan 05 20:49:48 GMT+05:30 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 1M/4M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

What version of Maven are you running?