Compiler error “archive for required library could not be read” - Spring Tool Suite

Question

I am starting to configure my development environment and I am using Spring Tool Suite 2.8.1 along with m2E 1.01.

As far as I can tell, since this is a Maven Project

Answer 1

In my case I had to manually delete all the files in .m2\repository folder and then open command prompt and run mvn -install command in my project directory.