Unable to download .jar files inside m2 repository using maven dependencies

Question

This is the error thrown,

Failure to transfer org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:3.0 from http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of ibiblio.org has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:3.0 from/to ibiblio.org (http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/ maven2): Access denied to http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/3.0/plexus-utils-3.0.jar. Error code 403, Forbidden

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I have the same issue in two different machines [One of the machines with Proxy and other without proxy (Personnel laptop)]

I'm using

1. Eclipse Kepler
2. JDK 1.6
3. Maven 3.0.4

No luck after lots of attempts; Some of them are listed below:

• downgraded JDK [Java] from 1.7 to 1.6

• added proxy on settings.xml under [C:\Users\prashanth_sams\.m2]

  

• added mirror in settings.xml under C:\Program Files\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.4\conf\settings.xml

• located specific Maven version location externally

But, instead of jar files, I see the following two files present inside the repo with suffix, .lastUpdated

Is there any other mirrors to be added in the settings.xml? Any help is highly welcome!

Answer 1

This issue got fixed when I add the mirrors on settings.xml which is located in C:\Program Files\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.4\conf\settings.xml from the below URL

http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/.meta/repository-metadata.xml

After updating the XML, try Maven > Update Project..