i am getting the following error in mi maven pom.xml on a spring template project
“Description Resource Path Location Type
ArtifactDescriptorException: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.6: ArtifactResolutionException: Failure to transfer org.slf4j:slf4j-api:pom:1.5.6 from http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.slf4j:slf4j-api:pom:1.5.6 from/to central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): C:\Users\muhsin.HIFX.m2\repository\org\slf4j\slf4j-api\1.5.6\slf4j-api-1.5.6.pom.ahc0570cfa3a1934af5 (The system cannot find the file specified) pom.xml /sample line 1 Maven Dependency Problem”
my pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.springframework.samples.spring</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jpa-utility</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Spring JPA Utility</name>
<url>http://www.springframework.org</url>
<description>
<![CDATA[This project is a minimal jar utility with Spring configuration for JPA usage.]]>
</description>
<properties>
<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
<spring.framework.version>3.0.6.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>3.6.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
<version>1.3.156</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.16</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<!-- <pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>Codehaus</id>
<url>http://repository.codehaus.org/</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>org.jboss.repository.releases</id>
<name>JBoss Maven Release Repository</name>
<url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
<distributionManagement>
<downloadUrl>http://www.springframework.org/download</downloadUrl>
<site>
<id>staging</id>
<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/org.springframework.batch.archetype/${pom.artifactId}</url>
</site>
<repository>
<id>spring-release</id>
<name>Spring Release Repository</name>
<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/release</url>
</repository>
<snapshotRepository>
<id>spring-snapshot</id>
<name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/snapshot</url>
</snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement> -->
</project>
Based on the error message
it means you have to delete the folder $HOME/.m2/repository/org/slf4j and afterwards you need to rebuild via
and other given error message:
indicates that you have some kind of problem with you repository access. Either you have a proxy which is not correctly configured. What i recommend is to use a repository manager which makes life easier.