This error is raised when your POM inherits from a parent POM or imports another POM that Maven could not download. Possible causes for this error are:
- You are referring to a non-existing POM, e.g. by means of a typo in its group id, artifact id or version.
- You intent to use a parent POM from the local filesystem but Maven didn't use that. Please verify that the
<relativePath>
element in the child is properly set and that the POM at that location has actually the version you want to use. - Your POM/settings is missing the required
<repository>
to download the POM. Note that<pluginRepository>
declarations are not considered when looking for the POM, only<repositories>
are searched for POMs. - The repository you have configured requires authentication and Maven failed to provide the correct credentials to the server. In this case, make sure your
${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml
contains a<server>
declaration whose<id>
matches the<id>
of the remote repository to use. See the Maven Settings Reference for more details. - Maven failed to save the files to your local repository, see LocalRepositoryNotAccessibleException (Copy) for more details.
- The repository you have configured is disabled for the specific version of the POM you requested. For instance, if you want to use a SNAPSHOT version of a POM, make sure you don't have
<snapshots><enabled>false</enabled></snapshots>
configured. Likewise, in order to resolve a released version of the POM, the remote repository should not be configured with<releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
. See the POM Reference for more information on repository configuration.
In those cases, check your POM and/or settings for the proper contents. If you configured the repository in a profile of your settings.xml
, also verify that this profile gets actually activated, e.g. via invoking mvn help:active-profiles
.
For the special case of a network-related problem during download of the POM, you can also consult the following articles: