Rebuilding Maven indexes Stuck at 0%

Question

I am trying to rebuild the Maven index in Eclipse, but it has been stuck at 0% for hours.

I can\'t find any results when trying to add dependencies. I have tried run

Answer 1

1. Leave Eclipse
2. Go to [your-workspace-folder]
3. Remove .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.m2e.core/nexus
4. Remove .metadata/.plugins/org.maven.ide.eclipse/nexus
5. Restart Eclipse

If it does not help, try also

6. remove [your-home-folder]/.m2/repository/.cache/m2e/${m2e.version}.

See also https://stackoverflow.com/a/16444984/2886891

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To prevent the impact of various bugs from the m2e plugin, I prefer using always the external maven (you have to have it installed of course):