Maven Archetype Not Downloading

[Ja King]

Hi,
I am using maven 3.0.4 version .Whenever i am trying to download the archetype in my PC its showing the below error.If i try it in a different pc its downloading properly.I used the same network and same maven version for downloading.
Could you please tell me whats the problem?

Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
clean-plugin/2.4.1/maven-clean-plugin-2.4.1.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-clean-plugin:2.4.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1 o
r one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descrip
tor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.4.1
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
install-plugin/2.3.1/maven-install-plugin-2.3.1.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-install-plugin:2.3.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3
.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact des
criptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:jar:2.3.1
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
deploy-plugin/2.7/maven-deploy-plugin-2.7.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-deploy-plugin:2.7: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.7 or
one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descripto
r for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:jar:2.7
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
site-plugin/3.0/maven-site-plugin-3.0.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-site-plugin:3.0: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.0 or one
of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor fo
r org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:jar:3.0
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
antrun-plugin/1.3/maven-antrun-plugin-1.3.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-antrun-plugin:1.3: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:1.3 or
one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descripto
r for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin:jar:1.3
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
assembly-plugin/2.2-beta-5/maven-assembly-plugin-2.2-beta-5.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-assembly-plugin:2.2-beta-5: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plu
gin:2.2-beta-5 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read
artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:jar:2.2-b
eta-5
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
dependency-plugin/2.1/maven-dependency-plugin-2.1.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-dependency-plugin:2.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin
:2.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact d
escriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:jar:2.1
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
release-plugin/2.0/maven-release-plugin-2.0.pom
[WARNING] Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:mave
n-release-plugin:2.0: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:2.0 o
r one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descrip
tor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:jar:2.0
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/codehaus/mojo/maven-metadat
a.xml
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-
metadata.xml
[WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-metadata.xm
l from/to central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): Connection to http://re
po.maven.apache.org refused
[WARNING] Could not transfer metadata org.codehaus.mojo/maven-metadata.xml from/
to central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): Connection to http://repo.mave
n.apache.org refused
[WARNING] Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-metadata.xml from h
ttp://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolutio
n will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or up
dates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer metadata org.apache.maven.p
lugins/maven-metadata.xml from/to central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2):
 Connection to http://repo.maven.apache.org refused
[WARNING] Failure to transfer org.codehaus.mojo/maven-metadata.xml from http://r
epo.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 a
re forced. Original error: Could not transfer metadata org.codehaus.mojo/maven-m
etadata.xml from/to central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): Connection to
 http://repo.maven.apache.org refused
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.922s
[INFO] Finished at: Sat Feb 23 13:45:12 IST 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/90M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] No plugin found for prefix 'archetype' in the current project and in the
 plugin groups [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo] available from the
repositories [local (C:\Users\Ganesh\.m2\repository), central (http://repo.maven
.apache.org/maven2)] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e swit
ch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please rea
d the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/NoPluginFoundF
orPrefixException

[Peter Johnson]

So you are saying you tried this on two PCs on the same network, and one PC worked fine but the other got these errors? I would suspect a firewall issue on the PC.

What happens if you enter one of the URLs in your browser? For example, enter:
http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-clean-plugin/2.4.1/maven-clean-plugin-2.4.1.pom

[Ja King]

Thanks for the reply.

Above link is working fine in my browser.

[Ramakrishna Udupa]

@Ja King

got solution for this? I'm facing same type of problem now. what's the solution?

Regards:
Ramakrishna K.C