Maven: Failed to retrieve plugin descriptor error

Question

I configured Maven 3.0.3 and tried to download a sample project using archetypes with this command:

mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.graniteds.         


        

Answer 1

For me, the solution given on the page maven is not able to download anything from central because ssl don't work worked, when running Mint 19 in a VM:

sudo apt install ca-certificates-java
sudo update-ca-certificates -f