How to fix error “Updating Maven Project”. Unsuppo

Question

I have imported maven project in STS, when I run update update project I receive:

"Updating Maven Project". Unsupported IClasspathEntry kind=4

Is there a workaround for this?

Answer 1

This issue has been fixed in m2e 1.5.0 which is available for Eclipse Kepler (4.3) and Luna (4.4)

Please see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=374332#c14

The problem is caused by the fact that STS (the Spring IDE/Eclipse), as well Eclipse and other Eclipse based IDE's, use the m2e(clipse) plugin but that eclipse:eclipse has been probably been run on the project. When m2e encounters a "var" .classpath entry, it throws this error.

The update sites are specified at the following url:
http://eclipse.org/m2e/m2e-downloads.html

If you can't use m2e 1.5.0 for any reason, then :

1. Disable the maven nature for the project (via the right-click menu)

2. Run mvn eclipse:clean (while your project is open in STS/eclipse). Depending on the timing, you might need to do a refresh or two on the project before re-enabling the maven nature. You should be able to see that your project has lost it's Maven nature. (The eclipse:clean goal just deletes the .project, .classpath and .settings/ files/directories. You can also just remove those files (again while the project is open) instead of running mvn eclipse:clean.)

3. Re-enable the maven nature.
   (Most of the time, this can be done by right-clicking on the project in question in the package explorer pane, and then choosing 'Configure'-> 'Convert to Maven Project')

Answer 2

I tried all the steps mentioned here and on similar questions but couldn't solve this problem. I could neither solve problem nor update my m2eclipse. So I installed Eclipse Luna and it solved my problem... though it mean that I had to spend about 45 min to configure all the environment in my workspace.

Answer 3

I tried Marco's steps but no luck. Instead if you just get the latest m2e plugin from the link he provides and one by one right click on each project -> Maven -> Update Dependencies the error still pops up but the issue is resolved. That is to say the warnings disappear in the Markers view. I encountered this issue after importing some projects into SpringSource Tool Suite (STS). When I returned to my Eclipse Juno installation the warnings were displaying. Seeing that I had m2e 1.1 already installed I tried Marco's steps to no avail. Getting the latest version fixed it however.

Answer 4

1. Right-click on your project, select Maven -> Remove Maven Nature.

2. Open you terminal, go to your project folder and do mvn eclipse:clean

3. Right click on your Project and select “Configure -> Convert into Maven Project”

Now you got “Unsupported IClasspathEntry kind=4 Eclipse Scala” disappear.

Answer 5

Try mvn clean install eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 command on DOS command prompt. Suggesting you because , It worked for me!!

Answer 6

I couldn't get mvn eclipse:clean etc to work with Kepler.

However I changed creating and extending variables to just using external jars in my eclipse classpath. This was reflected in no var's in my .classpath.

This corrected the problem. I was able to do a Maven update.