Tycho jenkins build fail - nullpointer - eclipse-plugin

I have problems with Tycho build on Jenkins. On my local machine i have success build.
I have two projects p2 and apll. In p2 I simply repack artifacts to eclipse-plugins with well formated manifest, pom etc. This build is ok.
Apll build fails when is about to start compiling plug-ins. When I point Jenkins directly on my plugin pom, I have success build. But when I start from parent pom it fails. My project structure:
-root
|-core
|-plugin1
|-plugin1junit
|-plugin2
|-plugin2junit
|-core-feature
|-lib-feature
|-nattable-feature
|-chart-feature
|-product
root - pom with tycho plugin and target platform conf, dependencys to p2 plugin //package pom
core pom
lib-feature - features from p2 plugins
product - materialization
build result:
root - SUCCESS
Core - SUCCESS
p2-feature - SUCCESS
nattable-feature - SUCCESS
chart-feature - SUCCESS
plugin1 - FAILURE
... - FAILURE
and stack:
org.apache.maven.InternalErrorException: Internal error: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.BuilderCommon.handleBuildError(BuilderCommon.java:128)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:95)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:319)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
at org.jvnet.hudson.maven3.launcher.Maven3Launcher.main(Maven3Launcher.java:79)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchStandard(Launcher.java:329)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:239)
at org.jvnet.hudson.maven3.agent.Maven3Main.launch(Maven3Main.java:158)
at hudson.maven.Maven3Builder.call(Maven3Builder.java:122)
at hudson.maven.Maven3Builder.call(Maven3Builder.java:74)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:118)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:48)
at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:287)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at hudson.maven.Maven3Builder$MavenExecutionListener.recordProjectStarted(Maven3Builder.java:368)
at hudson.maven.Maven3Builder$MavenExecutionListener.projectStarted(Maven3Builder.java:358)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultExecutionEventCatapult.fire(DefaultExecutionEventCatapult.java:71)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.DefaultExecutionEventCatapult.fire(DefaultExecutionEventCatapult.java:42)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:78)
... 24 more
Tom

The Maven job type in Jenkins had been giving NPEs, but this has been fixed in a recent Jenkins update, so try updating your Jenkins to see if it resolves.

This looks like a bug in Tycho 0.14.0-SNAPSHOT that was fixed a while ago already.
Are you by any chance still using an outdated Tycho 0.14.0-SNAPSHOT version?
Neither Tycho 0.13.0 nor Tycho 0.14.1 should have this problem.

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SerializationComponentRegistrar is not compatible with this version of compiler

I am getting this error inside AS - even though I tripple checked to pick a valid version pairing (kotlin 1.2.40 with serialisation 0.5.0):
Error:Kotlin: [Internal Error] java.lang.IllegalStateException: The provided plugin org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.extensions.SerializationComponentRegistrar is not compatible with this version of compiler
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment.<init>(KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt:186)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment.<init>(KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt:119)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment$Companion.createForProduction(KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt:418)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.createCoreEnvironment(K2JVMCompiler.kt:265)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:154)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:63)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.java:107)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.java:51)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:96)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl$compile$$inlined$ifAlive$lambda$1.invoke(CompileServiceImpl.kt:399)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl$compile$$inlined$ifAlive$lambda$1.invoke(CompileServiceImpl.kt:98)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl$doCompile$$inlined$ifAlive$lambda$2.invoke(CompileServiceImpl.kt:920)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl$doCompile$$inlined$ifAlive$lambda$2.invoke(CompileServiceImpl.kt:98)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.DummyProfiler.withMeasure(PerfUtils.kt:137)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl.checkedCompile(CompileServiceImpl.kt:950)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl.doCompile(CompileServiceImpl.kt:919)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl.compile(CompileServiceImpl.kt:397)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:361)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:568)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:826)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:682)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.extensions.SerializationComponentRegistrar.registerProjectComponents(Lcom/intellij/mock/MockProject;Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/config/CompilerConfiguration;)V
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment.<init>(KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt:184)
... 33 more
Check your installed Kotlin plugin in the idea(Tools>Kotlin>Configure Kotlin Plugin Updates). Must be same as in your build.gradle file.
There's an IntelliJ / Android Studio plugin that's made just for the Kotlin Serialization support, separate from the main Kotlin plugin. From the Working in IntelliJ IDEA section of the readme:
Because serialization is still highly experimental, it is shipped as a separate artifact from "big" Kotlin IDEA plugin. You can download additional IDEA plugin for working with projects that uses serialization from its TeamCity build page
It provides links to the latest TeamCity builds for this plugin, including this one for Kotlin 1.2.40.
Since they only currently publish this plugin through TeamCity, you would have to install it manually by going to Preferences > Plugins > Install plugin from disk...
For anyone using IntelliJ instead of Android Studio, if the plugin doesn't solve the problem, the same readme says to:
try to use gradle for running builds: Settings - Build, Execution, Deployment - Build Tools - Gradle - Runner - tick Delegate IDE build/run actions to gradle; or launch builds from console.
There's an open ticket on Github about this error message, and it might also be worth keeping an eye on that.

Jboss6EAP java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory.registerResolvableDependency

I am moving a simple web application from Jboss 4.3 to Jboss 6 EAP (Jboss AS 7.2). However, I am unable to deploy the war because of the error
07:43:17,773 ERROR [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 63) Context initialization failed: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory.registerResolvableDependency(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.prepareBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:458) [spring-2.5.5.jar:2.5.5]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:356) [spring-2.5.5.jar:2.5.5]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255) [spring-2.5.5.jar:2.5.5]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199) [spring-2.5.5.jar:2.5.5]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45) [spring-2.5.5.jar:2.5.5]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3777) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:156) [jboss-as-web-7.2.1.Final-redhat-10.jar:7.2.1.Final-redhat-10]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:60) [jboss-as-web-7.2.1.Final-redhat-10.jar:7.2.1.Final-redhat-10]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:93) [jboss-as-web-7.2.1.Final-redhat-10.jar:7.2.1.Final-redhat-10]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [rt.jar:1.7.0_60]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [rt.jar:1.7.0_60]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [rt.jar:1.7.0_60]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [rt.jar:1.7.0_60]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [rt.jar:1.7.0_60]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
I am not sure what needs to be done. The Spring libraries the war file uses is version 2.5.5 and is bundled within the war 0 within the WEB-INF/lib directory.
Any help in resolving my problem, would be much appreciated. Thanks.
I was able to solve this issue. Would like to share with others, in case they run into the same issue. The war file we were using had Spring libraries and was included within the war file.
The problem was with the versions of the spring.jar and spring-context.jar. The former was 2.0.3 but the latter was version 2.5.5. I downgraded the spring-context.jar to 2.0.3 and it did the trick.
Not sure, why there was no problem in Jboss 4.3. Anyway, I don't have the problem now.
I would like to add that this problem could persist - after clearing out the dependencies (using exclusions), there could still be a wrong version in the Eclipse classpath.
You can figure this out running f.ex. a test with two methods:
in Eclipse
using Maven
mvn clean test -Dtest=com.example.HelloTest
Compare error messages / the stack traces, they might be different, or the Maven test runs fine while in Eclipse the test fails.

Jenkins build failed on OSX

I am trying to build my project using Jenkins to deploy the artifacts to the nexus. I have a Jenkins setup on my macOSX.
below is the error, I am getting:
Parsing POMs
[maventest] $
/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -cp /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/plugins/maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/maven3-agent-1.3.jar:/usr/share/maven/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.4.jar
org.jvnet.hudson.maven3.agent.Maven3Main /usr/share/maven
/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/war/WEB-INF/lib/remoting-2.26.jar
/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/plugins/maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/maven3-interceptor-1.3.jar
59985
<===[JENKINS REMOTING CAPACITY]===>channel started
channel stopped
ERROR: Failed to parse POMs java.io.IOException: Remote call on
Channel to Maven
[/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java,
-Xmx512m, -XX:MaxPermSize=128m, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -cp, /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/plugins/maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/maven3-agent-1.3.jar:/usr/share/maven/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.4.jar,
org.jvnet.hudson.maven3.agent.Maven3Main, /usr/share/maven,
/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/war/WEB-INF/lib/remoting-2.26.jar,
/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/plugins/maven-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/maven3-interceptor-1.3.jar,
59985] failed at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:727) at
hudson.maven.ProcessCache$MavenProcess.call(ProcessCache.java:156) at
hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild$MavenModuleSetBuildExecution.doRun(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:770)
at
hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:586)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1593) at
hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.run(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:491) at
hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:247) Caused by:
java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to window server - not enough
permissions. at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native
Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1827)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1724) at
java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:823) at
java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1045) at
sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(LoadLibraryAction.java:50)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at
java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Toolkit.java:1605) at
java.awt.Toolkit.(Toolkit.java:1627) at
java.awt.Color.(Color.java:263) at
hudson.util.ColorPalette.(ColorPalette.java:39) at
hudson.model.BallColor.(BallColor.java:56) at
hudson.model.Result.(Result.java:51) at
java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at
java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:171) at
com.sun.proxy.$Proxy8.(Unknown Source) at
sun.reflect.GeneratedSerializationConstructorAccessor41.newInstance(Unknown
Source) at
java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at
java.io.ObjectStreamClass.newInstance(ObjectStreamClass.java:929) at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1759)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1327)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1969)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1893)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1775)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1327)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:349)
at java.util.HashMap.readObject(HashMap.java:1030) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at
java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:979)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1871)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1775)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1327)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1969)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1893)
at
java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1775)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1327)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:349)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.deserialize(UserRequest.java:182) at
hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:98) at
hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:48) at
hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:326) at
hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)
at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) Finished: FAILURE
I already tried the below solution but it didn't work:
http://jenkins-ci.361315.n4.nabble.com/JIRA-Created-HUDSON-5584-java-io-IOException-Remote-call-on-Channel-to-Maven-td1475049.html
Configurations I have:
MAVEN_OPTS:-Xmx1024m
-XX:MaxPermSize=128m
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
-Djava.awt.headless=true
output of ps -ef | grep java: /usr/bin/java -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar /Applications/Jenkins/jenkins.war
build command:clean deploy -DaltDeploymentRepository=central::default::http://<user>:<pwd>#<host>:<port>/nexus/content/groups/public/
The solution I used was to apply Java 7. What you want to do is add 1.7 to Jenkins. Following these steps I was able to successfully build my project:
Go to the Oracle Java page and downloaded the 1.7_51 jdk for Mac.
Opened the dmg and ran the executable.
On the Mac, this installs the JDK to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_51.jdk/
In Jenkins, go to 'Manage Jenkins' > 'Configure System'
Under the JDK heading, click the button that says JDK Installations
Under Name type 'JDK 1.7.0_51'
For JAVA_HOME type '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_51.jdk/Contents/Home/'
Select Save
Go to your project and select Configure
You should now have a JDK drop down near the top of the page.
Select the JDK you just configured under 'Manage Jenkins'
Run the build
After doing this, my build successfully ran without the 'Can't connect to window server - not enough permissions error.'
This line looks curious:
hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:247) Caused by: java.lang.InternalError:
Can't connect to window server - not enough permissions. at java.lang.ClassLoader
$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
I would start with a simpler project, and then add complexity from that point, for the reason of just testing to make sure your basic assumptions are correct.
You might need to set the JVM property : -Djava.awt.headless=true . By doing that you will disable the (most likely unnecessary) gui libraries that are trying to load.

jar files are different from different maven (same version)?

The jar file generated from my local maven (2.0.8) is different from the jar file generated from the enterprise central build (maven 2.0.8). All the source code and pom files are the same, as well as the repository link. But when I ran a job using the jar from central build, here is the error message:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at sun.misc.Unsafe.ensureClassInitialized(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.UnsafeFieldAccessorFactory.newFieldAccessor(UnsafeFieldAccessorFactory.java:25)
at sun.reflect.ReflectionFactory.newFieldAccessor(ReflectionFactory.java:122)
at java.lang.reflect.Field.acquireFieldAccessor(Field.java:918)
at java.lang.reflect.Field.getFieldAccessor(Field.java:899)
at java.lang.reflect.Field.get(Field.java:358)
at org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlBeans.typeSystemForClassLoader(XmlBeans.java:770)
(deleted....)
... 15 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:501)
... 17 more
Caused by: org.apache.xmlbeans.SchemaTypeLoaderException: XML-BEANS compiled schema: Incompatible minor version - expecting up to 23, got 24 (schemaorg_apache_xmlbeans.system.s4260D8D66C8BD97BA7A1A374DB7D9EB0.index) - code 3
at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeSystemImpl$XsbReader.<init>(SchemaTypeSystemImpl.java:1522)
at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeSystemImpl.initFromHeader(SchemaTypeSystemImpl.java:260)
at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.schema.SchemaTypeSystemImpl.<init>(SchemaTypeSystemImpl.java:183)
... 21 more
But the job ran successfully using the jar file generated from my local maven.
Can you give me any suggestions that what I should look into in order to solve this problem?
First i would suggest to update your Maven installation at least to Maven 2.0.11 (which is the newest for 2.0 line) but better to Maven 3...
I would check if you are using the same java compiler for both areas

Maven Unable to use archetype:generate if local repository of is changed from .m2

I am facing a strange issue. I have edited Maven settings.xml file in M2_HOME/conf and want the jars to get download to a place other than {users.home}/.m2.
I have pasted <localRepository>G:/m2Repo</localRepository> into settings.xml.
Now when I type mvn archetype:generate, I get following error:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1569)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.getMojoDescriptor(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1851)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.segmentTaskListByAggregationNeeds(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:462)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:175)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:328)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362)
at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionNotFoundException: The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
at org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:229)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.version.DefaultPluginVersionManager.resolvePluginVersion(DefaultPluginVersionManager.java:91)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.verifyPlugin(DefaultPluginManager.java:179)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.loadPluginDescriptor(DefaultPluginManager.java:1642)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.verifyPlugin(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:1540)
... 15 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
What could be the problem?
This can happen if the artifact or metadata got corrupted. Try to clean out your local repo by deleting all versions of the maven-archetype-plugin (including metadata and pom files).
Then execute archetype:generate again.
The issue was resolved by removing the entry for localRepository in settings.xml .
Starting to generate the archetype again
Move the downloaded artifacts the place where we wanted G:/m2Repo
start generating the artifact again.
Now the jars etc would get downloaded to the new place automatically
The problem which I can think is that I had deleted the {users.home}/.m2 folder also and
that was preventing the download .
I had a similar issue.
Environment:
`OS`: Mac Seirra 10.12.6.
`Java version` :1.8.0_144
`Maven` 3.5.4
Solution :
rm -rf ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-archetype-plugin/
My error was:
(http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2):
Plugin not found in any plugin repository
Solution :
1. go to .m2 folder > repository
2. delete all folders inside this
3. try the following command again:
mvn archetype:generate