You can't. You can (de-)activate plugins through profiles, not the other way around. For all options activating profiles, see:
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html
Domanda
Is it possible to activate a maven profile only when building a specific plugin/goal?
If so how do you go about configuring this in ~/.m2/settings.xml?
Soluzione
You can't. You can (de-)activate plugins through profiles, not the other way around. For all options activating profiles, see:
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html