Jenkins fails due to NoClassDefFoundError: org/sonatype/aether/version/VersionConstraint

Question

I'm attempting to set up Jenkins on my server but after building the job things turn south. You can view the console here: http://ci.lolmewn.nl/job/AcceptRules/4/console

At first I thought this was an issue with me not having configured my nexus yet (since the error contained sonatype, the makers of Nexus), but when I built one of my jobs without it having repository pushing, this still happened.

Any clues? I see there's a question like mine, unanswered however, here

Answer 1

Have a look at the Maven explanation for it. This might be your error.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/AetherClassNotFound