Question

This is to test that the remote maven repository I setup is functioning correctly, I would like to stop maven looking locally (./m2) for jars and only ever source them from the remote repo. Any ideas on how to achieve this appreciated

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can simply delete you .m2/repository.

Otherwise, when you build your project, you can use the -U option to update the snapshots.

You can also use the maven dependency plugin with this : dependency:purge-local-repository . You will find more detail on the webpage of the plugin : http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/