Maven pom.xml error in eclipse [duplicate]

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When maven says “resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of MyRepo has elapsed”, where is that interval specified? (18 answers)

I am getting below error in the first line of my pom.xml

Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:pom:2.12.4 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.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:pom:2.12.4 from/to central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): repo.maven.apache.org

Answer 1

1. Goto the directory {Home}/.m2/repository/org/apache.
2. Delete the maven folder.
3. Right click on your Maven project in Eclipse and select Maven -> Update Project...
4. In the appeared dialog, select the Force Update of Snapshots/Releases and click OK

Make sure that, you do not have any proxy related problems when updating the project again.