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Java

Dario Persechino
Dario Persechino
9,736 Points
Posted by Dario Persechino
Dario Persechino
9,736 Points

Problem and fix for Failed to execute Maven command line error

When following along with the Intro to Maven I had the following error when trying to run the command:

mvn archetype:generate -B -DgroudId=com.teamtreehouse -DartifactId=file-spy

Error (snippet) Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:3.2.1:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: Archetype org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:1.0 is not configured

I found a StackOverflow solution here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9181683/maven-3-failed-to-execute-goal-org-apache-maven-pluginsmaven-archetype-plugin

It suggests the command needs a couple of additional variables mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId={project-packaging} -DartifactId={project-name} -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

So the command for this project that worked (for me) was: mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.treehouse -DartifactId=file-spy -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false