How to run a Maven project from Eclipse?

Question

I am trying to run a simple Java project. I had created a project using the \'Maven Project\' type. I have one main class called \'TestMain\'. When I tried to run the projec

Answer 1

Your Maven project doesn't seem to be configured as a Eclipse Java project, that is the Java nature is missing (the little 'J' in the project icon).

To enable this, the element in your pom.xml should be jar (or similar).

Then, right-click the project and select Maven > Update Project Configuration

For this to work, you need to have m2eclipse installed. But since you had the _ New ... > New Maven Project_ wizard, I assume you have m2eclipse installed.