Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:compile (default-compile)

Question

I am using Maven 3.0.5 and Spring Tool Source 3.2 with Maven plugin installed. When I try to do \'Run As---> Maven install\', I am getting

Answer 1

I renamed the .m2 directory, this didn't help yet, so I installed the newest sdk/jdk and restarted eclipse. This worked.

It seems an SDK was needed and I only had installed a JRE.

Which is weird, because eclipse worked on the same machine for a different older project.

I imported a second maven project, and Run/maven install did only complete after restarting eclipse. So maybe just a restart of eclipse was necessary.

Importing yet another project, and had to do maven install twice before it worked even though I had restarted eclipse.