Unable to import Maven project into IntelliJ IDEA

Question

I\'m having problems importing any Maven projects into IntelliJ IDEA. I create an empty Maven project like this:

$ mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.mycom         


        

Answer 1

I had the same issue on Linux Mint. Tried everything but nothing helped. Turned out my etc/hosts file was corrupted and restoring it worked. Another solution is here : https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-restore-etc-hosts-on-ubuntu-14-04