Failed to parse plugin descriptor for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:2.4.3.. error in opening zip file

Question

I was using maven to build and compile a spring project and here\'s what I got an error about \"error in opening zip file.\". I attached the settings.xml here to show that I con

Answer 1

Delete C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository\org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-resources-plugin\2.4.3\maven-resources-plugin-2.4.3.jar or better still C:\Users\AMT\.m2\repository\org\apache\maven\plugins\maven-resources-plugin\2.4.3\ folder and try again.

Evidently, the jar file is incomplete or corrupted.