dependency resolution - Maven fails to find local artifact

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Learnmore Mavenfailstofindlocalartifact AskQuestion Asked 9years,9monthsago Modified 9monthsago Viewed 216ktimes 132 26 Occasionallymavencomplainsthataparticulardependency,whichisbuiltandpackagedlocally,cannotbefoundinthelocalrepositorywhilebuildinganotherprojectthathasitasadependency.Wegetanerrorlike: FailedtoexecutegoalonprojectX:CouldnotresolvedependenciesforprojectX:FailuretofindYin[archivarepository]wascachedinthelocalrepository,resolutionwillnotbereattempteduntiltheupdateintervalofinternalhaselapsedorupdatesareforced-> WhereXistheprojectbeingbuilt,andYisthesupposedlymissingartifact.Ifyoulookinthelocalrepository,theartifactisthere.Thisartifactisneverinstalledinourarchivarepository,sotheproblemispurelybasedinthelocalrepository. Wehavetriedvariousprofilesinsettings.xml,andofcourse"mvn-U".Neitherdoanygood,norshouldtheybecausethisartifactnevergoesanyfurtherthanthelocalrepository. Theonlytwothingsthatseemtoworkaretowaitaverylongtimeuntilmavensmartensup,ortocompletelydeletethelocalrepository.Presumablythewaitingoptionisrelatedtotheaforementionedupdateinterval. Wehaveexperiencedthisproblemwithmaven3.0.2and3.0.3.WeareusingArchiva1.0.3(butagainthisshouldn'tbeafactor).Anyhelpwouldbegreatlyappreciated. mavendependency-resolution Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedFeb3,2020at14:49 mzjn 45.8k1111goldbadges120120silverbadges232232bronzebadges askedSep20,2012at16:44 user1686620user1686620 2,54144goldbadges1616silverbadges1717bronzebadges 7 1 IsMavenlogginganythingwhileorjustbeforethe"waiting?"I.e.isitattemptingtoconnecttoanunreachablerepository?Also,aretheproblematicartifacts"-SNAPSHOT"? – noahlz Sep20,2012at16:53 Mavendoesn'tloganythingotherthantheerrorImentionedabove.Andyesthisisasnapshotdependency. – user1686620 Sep20,2012at17:02 1 Seestackoverflow.com/questions/1348603/… – noahlz Sep20,2012at17:05 1 Haveyouinstalledthebuildpackagebeforeyoutrytobuildthesecondproject? – khmarbaise Sep21,2012at7:15 3 Ilikehowtheerrormessageisarun-on,notagrammaticallycorrectsentence.Thisway,wedon'tknowforsureifitcannotfindYorifYwascachedlocally,orboth.Anyway,Ihaveasimilarproblem.Iwasabletoresolveitwiththe-Uoptionbecausemydependenciesareinmycompany'sinternalrepo.Whyaren'ttheartifactsyouneeddeployedtoyourcompany'sinternalrepository? – jyoungdev Feb18,2013at17:22  |  Show2morecomments 17Answers 17 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 103 ThelocalMavenrepotrackswhereartifactsoriginallycamefromusingafilenamed"_maven.repositories"intheartifactdirectory.Afterremovingit,thebuildworked.Thisanswerfixedtheproblemforme. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedMay23,2017at11:55 CommunityBot 111silverbadge answeredJan22,2014at12:52 jhansonjhanson 1,08411goldbadge88silverbadges66bronzebadges 8 36 Formeitwasafilenamed"_remote.repositories".Iremoveditanditworked!Thankforthetricks! – perbellinio Apr27,2015at13:02 2 Thxthefilenamed_remote.repositorieswasalsopresent.ithappenedtomewhenournexusstophavingnetworkconnectionsoitcantobtainthedependencies – cabaji99 Feb2,2018at13:10 2 Theprovidedsolutiondoeswork.However,Iaminterestedinwhythisproblemoccurrsatall.Couldanybodyprovidemewithaquickexplanation?DoIhavetodosomethingdifferently? – Janothan Feb26,2019at13:44 Ifyouwanttobypassthisorigincheckonce(withoutdeletingthemetafiles),trypassingaether.enhancedLocalRepository.trackingFilename=some_dummy_file_nametothedependencyresolutionprocess;easiestwayistoadda-Dsystempropertytotheinvocationcommand. – JanakaBandara Apr22,2019at3:48 1 @JanothanIMOthelinkintheanswerprovidesaprettygoodexplanation:) – JanakaBandara Apr22,2019at3:50  |  Show3morecomments 53 Astheoptionsheredidn'tworkforme,I'msharinghowIsolvedit: Myprojecthasaparentproject(withitsownpom.xml)thathasmanychildrenmodules,oneofwhich(A)hasadependencytoanotherchild(B).WhenItriedmvnpackageinA,itdidn'tworkbecauseBcouldnotberesolved. Executingmvninstallintheparentdirectorydidthejob.Afterthat,IcoulddomvnpackageinsideofAandonlythenitcouldfindB. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJan14,2019at13:34 Sampath 1,02911goldbadge2020silverbadges3838bronzebadges answeredJul13,2017at5:56 FlorianPfistererFlorianPfisterer 1,1451111silverbadges2121bronzebadges 2 3 THANKYOU!thiswasdrivingmecrazy.mvncleanpackagejboss-as:deploywasworkingwhenIexecutedonasingleline,butnotwhenIdidthemseparately. – PMorganCA Nov7,2017at20:10 Thanks,thissolutionsavedmefromwastingtime – Skywarp Jun2at15:23 Addacomment  |  24 Eveninofflinemode,mavenwillcheckremoterepositoriesifthereisa_remote.repositoriesmarkerforthedependency.Ifyouneedtooperateinofflinemode,youmayneedtodeletethesefiles. Thesimpleshellcommandbelowdeletesthesemarkerfiles.Thisissafetodoifyouonlyuseofflinemodeforthemachine.IwouldNOTdothisonamachinethatneedstopullfilesdownfromtheweb. Ihaveusedthisstrategyonabuildserverthatisdisconnectedfromtheweb.Wehavetotransfertherepositorytoit,deletethemarkerfilesandthenruninofflinemode. OnLinux/Unixyoucandeletetheremoterepositorymarkerfilesthisway: cd~/.m2 find.-name"_remote.repositories"-typef-delete Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedNov7,2018at20:00 DrB 27411goldbadge33silverbadges1414bronzebadges answeredNov16,2017at19:51 JonJon 3,0122727silverbadges3535bronzebadges 3 1 Thissolutionworkedforme,foradependencyIcopiedoverfromanothercomputerwhichisnotavailableinacentralrepository.Thecommandthoughmissesafewcharacters.Hereisthefullcommand:find.-name"_remote.repositories"-type-f-delete – HansDeragon Aug11,2018at9:19 2 Or,insteadofdeleting,youshouldbeableto"misguide"Maventonotlookatthe_remote.repositoriesfilebypassing-Daether.enhancedLocalRepository.trackingFilename=some_dummy_file_nametotheprocess.(Didn'ttryonanactualMavenbuild,butworkswheninvokingMavenprogrammatically;sotheformershouldalsowork) – JanakaBandara Apr22,2019at3:53 1 Ididthisfindinganddeletingspecificdependencies(jars)notfoundbyMaven,sincetheywerelistedandmanageabletoto(<10).ThiswasduetoamisconfigpointingtoaremoteNexusnotcurrentlyavailable(asIunderstood..).Sonoactualneedtosweepallrepofordeletion.Anywaythissolutionsavedtheday.Itworkforme. – Diego1974 May10,2019at12:33 Addacomment  |  12 Whenthishappenedtome,itwasbecauseI'dblindlycopiedmysettings.xmlfromatemplateanditstillhadtheblankelement.Thismeansthatthere'snolocalrepositoryusedwhenresolvingdependencies(thoughyourinstalledartifactsdostillgetputinthedefaultlocation).WhenI'dreplacedthatwith${user.home}\.m2\repositoryitstartedworking. For*nix,thatwouldbe${user.home}/.m2/repository,Isuppose. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJan21,2014at20:52 answeredJan20,2014at2:27 PaulHicksPaulHicks 12.4k44goldbadges4545silverbadges7272bronzebadges 1 7 ${user.home}\.m2\repositoryisthedefaultsoremovingtheemptytagshouldworkalike. – LMC Oct9,2015at20:37 Addacomment  |  12 Mavenrememberswhenitdidn'tfindsomething.Thekeyis"resolutionwillnotbereattempteduntiltheupdateintervalofinternalhaselapsedorupdatesareforced->" Thequicksolutionistodeleteyourlocal"repository"subdirectoryfortheproblemartifact-assumingyouhavefixedtheproblemwithit.:) mvn-Uwillforceupdatefromremoterepository-again,assumingyouhavenowpopulatedremotewithsaidartifact. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredSep17,2014at21:58 AndreAndre 36033silverbadges88bronzebadges 1 Suchasimplefix,solittleattentionpaidtoit.(clap) – Darek Oct30,2020at15:09 Addacomment  |  6 Ifyouhavedefinedinyourpom.xmlapparentlyyourlocalrepositoryisignored. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan17,2020at19:55 JaroslavZárubaJaroslavZáruba 4,48644goldbadges3636silverbadges5454bronzebadges Addacomment  |  3 Catchall.Whensolutionsmentionedheredon'twork(happendinmycase),simplydeleteallcontentsfrom'.m2'folder/directory,anddomvncleaninstall. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul20,2019at1:02 lupchiazoemlupchiazoem 7,92655goldbadges3535silverbadges4141bronzebadges 1 Yep.thisanswerworkedbutdependency:go-offlinedidnotworkforme.Somisleading. – djangofan Dec1,2020at19:52 Addacomment  |  2 EvenIfacedthisissueandsolveditwith2ways: 1)InyourIDEselectprojectandcleanallprojectstheninstallallthemavendependenciesbyrightclickingonproject->gotomavenandUpdateprojectdependenciesselectallprojectsatoncetoinstallthesame.Oncethisisdoneruntheparticularproject 2)ElseWhatyoucandoischeckinthepom.xmlforthedependenciesforwhichyouaregettingerrorand"mvncleaninstall"thosedependentprojectfirstandtheinstallmavendependenciesofthecurrentprojectinwhichyoufacingissue.Bythisthedependenciesofthelocalprojectwillbebuildandjarswillbecreated. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay28,2019at12:10 NehaTawarNehaTawar 65966silverbadges2121bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Iruntothesimilarproblemwhenmynewprojectdependonoraclejdbcjar(whichIhaveinstalledinmylocalrepositoryandworkwellforotherprojects).Itried-Uoption,deleting.lastupdatefileorthewholedirectoryanddownlaodagain,butitdidnotwork.finally,Ideletedthedirectoryandinstalleditlocallyagain,itworks. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMar10,2015at7:37 yuxhyuxh 87411goldbadge88silverbadges2323bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 OneoftheerrorsIfoundaroundMaveniswhenIputmysettings.xmlfileinthewrongdirectory.Ithastobein.m2folderunderyouruserhomedir.Checktomakesurethatisintherightplace(alongwithsettings-security.xmlifyouareusingthat). Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredNov7,2015at2:36 AshikUzzamanAshikUzzaman 1 Addacomment  |  0 IhadDependencyResolutionExceptioninUbuntuLinuxwhenI'veinstalledlocalartifactsviaashellscript.Thesolutionwastodeletethelocalartifactsandinstallthemagain"manually"-callingmvninstall:install-fileviaterminal. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan16,2017at4:05 naXastandswithUkrainenaXastandswithUkraine 31.1k1616goldbadges175175silverbadges239239bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 ThishappenedbecauseIhadhttpinsteadofhttpsinthis: jcenter jcenter-bintray https://jcenter.bintray.com Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr17,2020at22:39 parsecerparsecer 3,87299goldbadges4949silverbadges105105bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 checkififyourartifactYhavepackagingsetto"jar".Ifyouhavedefineditas"war"byerrororcopypaste,itwillshowthisstrange"wascachedinthelocalrepository,resolutionwillnotbereattempteduntiltheupdateintervalofinternalhaselapsedorupdatesareforced".Iwouldexpectsomethinglike"artifactYiswar,jartypeexpected". Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredAug14,2020at8:24 PatrikHrmoPatrikHrmo 111bronzebadge 1 thissolutionispartiallycorrect,whichpointedmytowardstherightanswer.InmycaseIwantedYtobeWARsoIpackageditbothasJARandWAR,andimportedtheJARinprojectX.Checkmyanswerforadetailedapproachtodothis. – DimiAnsari Dec16,2020at8:07 Addacomment  |  0 InmycaseIneededprojectYtobeaWARtobedeployedthroughTomcat,aswellasitneededtobeaJARtobeabletoadditasadependencyinprojectX. SoinprojectY'spom.xml,IaddedthisplugintocreateaJARalongwiththeWAR: maven-war-plugin 3.2.2 true classes AndwhileaddingthedependencyofprojectYinprojectX'spom.xml,Ihadtoaddaclassifier: groupId.of.project.Y project.Y 1.0-SNAPSHOT classes Note:whenyoubuildprojectY,youwillsee2packagingsinthetargetfolder:project-Y.warandproject-Y-classes.jar,sothat'swhywhileimportingyouarespecifyingtheclassesclassifiertoimporttheJARandnottheWAR. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredDec16,2020at8:05 DimiAnsariDimiAnsari 15611silverbadge1313bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 HereisthelongSolutiontotheproblem (NotQuickfixbutwillworkifnoothersolution) You'regoingtohatemeforsayingthisbutthisisthetruthaboutopensourceprojectslikeeclipse.BecauseOpensourceismodularandallowsyoutobuildanddevelopaprojectinmanywayswithmanytoolssuchasmaven,springboot,optionsforxmlorgroovy,differenteclipseupdates&Etc.TheproblemisthateclipseallowsyoutoruntheprojectwithmissingmavenbuildsbecausetheIDEissmartenoughtoresolvedependenciesusingaremote_repositorywhereitstoresandcatchesthejarfilesthatisnotproperlybuiltontheproject. Becauseofthisfeature,YoumayactuallyhavelocalbuildissuesbutjustlikeDNSservers;ifthesolutionisnotfoundinthelocaldirectory,Eclipsewilllookforasolutioninit'sremotecachedrepository.Whenyoudeletetheremote_repositoryandletMavenrebuilditasecondtime,Theprojectmayendupcreatingmoreerrorsandnotbuildasecondtimeormaypossiblyrebuildacachethatwasmissing.Butthatisunlikely. Sothelonganswertofixyoursolution. Thisisaprojectarchitectureissue! SOLUTION: Whatyouneedtodoislookintoallyourdependantproject'spom.xmlfileandthemavendependenciesfolderinyourlocalprojectandtrytoresolveallthemissingdependencyjarsinyourmavendependencyfolder.Ifyouhaveareferencedlibrary,Isuggestmovingthosejarsintoyourlocalproject'smavendependencyfolder. YouhavetoworkyourwayintosolvingeverychildprojectandthennavigateintoyourrootprojectandfixeverysingleprojectbyusingMaven->Build->cleaninstall(checkoff"skiptests"&"resolveworkspaceartifacts")untileveryprojectbuildswithacleansuccess. mostlikely,whenyouforceupdateyourentiresolutiontoallyourprojects,youwillgetalistoferrorsthatyouhavetheIDEauto-resolve.Theauto-resolvewillrefertoaeasyreferencetofixtheissue.Buttodeploy,youhavetomanuallyfixtheprojectbecauseEclipse,Spring&Mavenwillworkwelltogetherbuttherearemaybeafewthingstheydon'tagreeon.So,youhavetoplaydiplomatinthosesituationsandfigureitout. That'sthesadtruth. Allsaid,Ihavealistofproblemsinmyproject.Ihavethisissue.Thewarfilegeneratedhasemptyjarfoldersandthebuildisnotcleanwithouterrorsunlessiforceit.TheWARfilegeneratewillruna404errorontomcatserverproductionandmyangularapplicationwillthrowaCors-ErrorwhenexecutingtheAPI. AlltheerrorsonmyfrontendprojectisartificialbecausetherootofallissuesistheWARfilegenerated.Itdidnotgeneratewithdependencies,theMainprojectdidnotexecuteintomcatandtomcatservercannotrunthespringinitializertodeploythecors-policyontheservertoallowmyangularapplicationtocommunicate.Butallinall,developmentenvironmentworksfinewithnoissues. Sothatismylongendedsolutionforthisthread. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredAug31,2021at2:53 RafatKhandakerRafatKhandaker 111bronzebadge Addacomment  |  -1 Ihadthesameerrorfromadifferentcause:I'dcreatedastarterPOMcontainingour"goodpractice"dependencies,andbuilt&installeditlocallytotestit.Icould"see"itintherepo,butaprojectthatuseditgottheaboveerror.WhatI'ddonewassetthestarterPOMtopom,sotherewasnoJAR.Mavenwasquitecorrectthatitwasn'tinNexus--butIwasn'texpectingittobe,sotheerrorwas,ummm,unhelpful.ChangingthestarterPOMtonormalpackaging&reinstallingfixedtheissue. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun3,2020at11:50 EdmundSSEdmundSS 1 1 Thisanswerwouldprobablyhavebeenbetterasacomment,sinceitisn'tadirectanswertothequestion. – 00prometheus Jun3,2020at12:18 Addacomment  |  -1 InmycaseIhadtoaddmavenLocal()inrootlevelgradledependency mavenCentral() mavenLocal() Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr25,2021at7:11 HiteshSahuHiteshSahu 38.4k1515goldbadges183183silverbadges143143bronzebadges Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoStackOverflow!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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