Maven error “Failure to transfer…”

Question

I am trying to set up a project using Maven (m2eclipse), but I get this error in Eclipse:

Description Resource Path Location Type Could not calculate build plan: Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:pom:2.0.2 from http://repo1.maven.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.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:pom:2.0.2 from/to central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2): No response received after 60000 ExampleProject Unknown Maven Problem

Any ideas? It would be helpful if you could show me how to check if everything is configured fine...

Answer 1

settings.xml for proxy? and in eclipse there are maven global\local profile, add the settings.xml

Answer 2

Try to execute

mvn -U clean

or Run > Maven Clean and Maven > Update snapshots from project context menu in eclipse

Answer 3

I had a similar issue with only a few projects in my workspace. Other projects with nearly identical POMs didn't have an error at all. None of the other answers listed fixed my problem. I finally stumbled upon removing/re-applying the Maven nature for each project and the errors disappeared:

For each project that has a pom with the "resolution will not be reattempted..." error:

1. Right-click on the project in Eclipse and select Maven->Disable Maven Nature
2. Right-click on the project in Eclipse and select Configure->Convert to Maven Project

Answer 4

For me I just added the bellow xml code in the POM.xml file. And after I dit **right click in the project -> Maven -> Update Project and I checked Force Update of Snapshots/Releases ** and every thing worked

    <dependencies>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.servlet/javax.servlet-api -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.servlet.jsp/jsp-api -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jstl/jstl -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>jstl</groupId>
            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
            <version>1.2</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.5.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.8</source>
                    <target>1.8</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

Answer 5

This worked for me in Windows:

1. Locate the {user}/.m2/repository
2. In the Search field in upper right of window, type ".lastupdated". Windows will look through all subfolders for these files in the directory.
3. Remove all the .lastupdated files.
4. Go back into Eclipse, Right-click on the project and select Maven > Update Project.
5. Select "Force Update of Snapshots/Releases".
6. Click Ok and the dependencies will finally resolve correctly.

Answer 6

• Above Error occured due to removing of 'maven-compiler-plugin 2.0.2' from maven repository.
  
• For me, Above error gets resolved when I downgrade 'maven-compiler-plugin' to version to either 2.0 or 2.0.1.