How to force maven update?

Question

I imported my already working project on another computer and it started to download dependencies.

Apparently my internet connection crashed and now I get the foll

Answer 1

If your local repository is somehow mucked up for release jars as opposed to snapshots (-U and --update-snapshots only update snapshots), you can purge the local repo using the following:

 mvn dependency:purge-local-repository

You probably then want to clean and install again:

 mvn dependency:purge-local-repository clean install

Lots more info available at https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/examples/purging-local-repository.html