How do I find the correct Maven archetype project for developing with Scala in Eclipse?

Question

I\'m having problems trying to just create a Maven project using Scala (v2.11.6) within Eclipse (Luna). The instructions here says to install both plugins below.

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Answer 1

I faced the same problem and chanced upon this SO question, as well as the answer, given by @peeskillet (many thanks). I am using:

• Maven 3.3.3
• Eclipse Luna Scala IDE 4.0.0.-vfinal-20150305-1644-Typesafe
• Scala 2.11.6
• JDK 1.8

After following the steps exactly as given here, I hit a wall. When I chose the right archetype (net.alchim31.maven), I was greeted with this error: Could not resolve artifact net.alchim31.maven:scala-archetype-simple:pom:1.5 Suspecting that the maven embedded in eclipse was acting funny, I visited [Windows] -> [Maven] -> [Installations] and added local installation of maven (whatever is set to M2_HOME in my shell). But, no luck!

Exasperated, I visited this site: Scala Doc and switched back to command-line as this page instructs. Surprisingly (to me, at least), it worked. A maven-Scala project was created in the present directory, which I could import into Eclipse.

Just so that I am not misunderstood, I am not suggesting that @peeskillet's answer is wrong. Just wanted to share another way of creating a maven-scala project on Eclipse, in case it helps someone. I have not yet understood, why Eclipse-Scala-IDE is yet to give that 'Aha' feeling.