Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.4.1missing

[vamsi naki]

Hi,
I had an exisitng maven project which i imported into eclipse .After running Maven Install on the project i am getting the following error

Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.4.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Missing:
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1) org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:maven-plugin:2.4.1

  Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

  Then, install it using the command: 
      mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.plugins -DartifactId=maven-resources-plugin -Dversion=2.4.1 -Dpackaging=maven-plugin -Dfile=/path/to/file

  Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there: 
      mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.plugins -DartifactId=maven-resources-plugin -Dversion=2.4.1 -Dpackaging=maven-plugin -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

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1 required artifact is missing.

for artifact: 
  org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:maven-plugin:2.4.1

I checked the plugin ,and it is available in my m2 repostiory .I have deleted the maven folder and downloaded it again ,but still getting the same error.

[Peter Johnson]

My guess is that you don't have access to Maven Central. Are you doing this from work, in which case there could be a corporate firewall issue? Or do you need to to configure a proxy (is your browser configured for a proxy)?
What happens when you click this URL: http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/2.4.1/

[vamsi naki]

Hi Peter,
I am doing this from work ,the browser is configured to a proxy.But i am able to access the link which you sent http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/2.4.1/ ,i am getting a page with an index of maven-resources-plugin jars.

[vamsi naki]

Thanks Peter for the link,i downloaded the jar for the maven-resources-plugin file in m2 repository and was able to resolve the issue.I had a file called maven-resources.plugin previously and i thought that it was present ,but i had to keep the jar.Wasted a lot of time on this small thing

[Peter Johnson]

Occasionally when things a really going wrong it helps to wipe out the .m2/repository and let Maven start over from scratch. I usually do this about once a year.