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1) download a fresh copy of 7.3 2) run installation script 3) navigate to file->new project->maven->next->finish with no other modifications 4) Receive several messages such as: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.4.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:jar:2.4.1 5) eventually receive abort message: No plugin found for prefix 'archetype' in the current project and in the plugin groups [org.apache.maven.plugins, org.codehaus.mojo] available from the repositories [local (D:\userdata\marvin\.m2\repository), central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2)] -> [Help 1] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/NoPluginFoundForPrefixException
most likely you are behind a proxy and need to setup maven's proxy settings in ~/.m2/settings.xml file. Or you have unaccessible mirrors defined at the same place.
closing as worksforme, please reopen when executing the archetype plugin works for you on the command line but not in the IDE. http://maven.apache.org/archetype/maven-archetype-plugin/usage.html