Problem building my app in Windows

[DFectuoso]

Hi, i have been working in linux and mac and having a wonderful time
with mvn and everything lift's got to offer =). Sadly i want to teach
lift to a person who uses Windows as he's only OS, so i am trying to
configure hes computer, neither him or me are experts on this OS.

I installed java 1.6 and ran into some problems, so i downloaded
1.5_20 and now i have java and maven working, but while trying to
compile a very simple file i get the an error(posted at the end of
this post); and i'm wondering if theres anything i need to know, seems
like it could be some permisions or something like that.

Any ideas? People running on windows how did you configure you box?

Thanks,

The error:

[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Unable to get
dependency
information: Unable to read the metadata file for artifact
'net.liftweb:lift-co
re:jar': Error getting POM for 'net.liftweb:lift-core' from the
repository: Unab
le to store local copy of metadata: Error updating group repository
metadata
net.liftweb:lift-core:pom:1.1-SNAPSHOT

for project net.liftweb:lift-core
net.liftweb:lift-core:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories:
central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
scala-tools.org (http://scala-tools.org/repo-releases),
scala-tools.org.snapshots (http://scala-tools.org/repo-snapshots),
http://www.lag.net/repo/ (http://www.lag.net/repo/)
Path to dependency:
1) net.twitknow:4Disc:war:0.1


at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Defa
ultLifecycleExecutor.java:575)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLi
fecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:499)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(Defau
ltLifecycleExecutor.java:478)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHan
dleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegmen
ts(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:291)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute
(DefaultLi
fecycleExecutor.java:142)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:
336)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:
129)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced
(Launcher.java:315)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode
(Launcher.java:430)

at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by:
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException: Unabl
e to get dependency information: Unable to read the metadata file for
artifact '
net.liftweb:lift-core:jar': Error getting POM for 'net.liftweb:lift-
core' from t
he repository: Unable to store local copy of metadata: Error updating
group repo
sitory metadata
net.liftweb:lift-core:pom:1.1-SNAPSHOT

for project net.liftweb:lift-core
net.liftweb:lift-core:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT

from the specified remote repositories:
central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
scala-tools.org (http://scala-tools.org/repo-releases),
scala-tools.org.snapshots (http://scala-tools.org/repo-snapshots),
http://www.lag.net/repo/ (http://www.lag.net/repo/)
Path to dependency:
1) net.twitknow:4Disc:war:0.1


at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.recurse(D
efaultArtifactCollector.java:403)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.collect(D
efaultArtifactCollector.java:76)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveTra
nsitively(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:300)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveTra
nsitively(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:288)
at
org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.resolveTransitiveDepende
ncies(DefaultPluginManager.java:1415)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo
(DefaultPlugi
nManager.java:405)
at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(Defa
ultLifecycleExecutor.java:558)
... 16 more
Caused by:
org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadataRetrievalException
: Unable to read the metadata file for artifact 'net.liftweb:lift-
core:jar': Err
or getting POM for 'net.liftweb:lift-core' from the repository: Unable
to store
local copy of metadata: Error updating group repository metadata
net.liftweb:lift-core:pom:1.1-SNAPSHOT

for project net.liftweb:lift-core
at
org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.retrieve(MavenM
etadataSource.java:135)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector.recurse(D
efaultArtifactCollector.java:380)
... 22 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: Error
getting POM
for 'net.liftweb:lift-core' from the repository: Unable to store local
copy of m
etadata: Error updating group repository metadata
net.liftweb:lift-core:pom:1.1-SNAPSHOT

for project net.liftweb:lift-core
at
org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepo
sitory(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:590)
at
org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromReposito
ry(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:249)
at
org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.retrieve(MavenM
etadataSource.java:106)
... 23 more
Caused by:
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException: Unabl
e to store local copy of metadata: Error updating group repository
metadata
net.liftweb:lift-core:pom:1.1-SNAPSHOT


at
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.SnapshotTransformation.transformF
orResolve(SnapshotTransformation.java:68)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.DefaultArtifactTransformationMana
ger.transformForResolve(DefaultArtifactTransformationManager.java:57)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(De
faultArtifactResolver.java:129)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(De
faultArtifactResolver.java:74)
at
org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.findModelFromRepo
sitory(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:556)
... 25 more
Caused by:
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataResol
utionException: Unable to store local copy of metadata: Error updating
group rep
ository metadata
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetada
taManager.resolve(DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:144)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.AbstractVersionTransformation.res
olveVersion(AbstractVersionTransformation.java:65)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.SnapshotTransformation.transformF
orResolve(SnapshotTransformation.java:63)
... 29 more
Caused by:
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataStore
Exception: Error updating group repository metadata
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.AbstractRepositoryMetad
ata.storeInLocalRepository(AbstractRepositoryMetadata.java:72)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.DefaultRepositoryMetada
taManager.resolve(DefaultRepositoryMetadataManager.java:140)
... 31 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\Siedrix
\.m2\repository\net\li
ftweb\lift-core\1.1-SNAPSHOT\maven-metadata-http:\www.lag.net\repo
\.xml (The fil
ename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:179)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:131)
at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlStreamWriter.<init>
(XmlStreamW
riter.java:61)
at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory.newXmlWriter
(WriterFact
ory.java:112)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.AbstractRepositoryMetad
ata.updateRepositoryMetadata(AbstractRepositoryMetadata.java:134)
at
org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.AbstractRepositoryMetad
ata.storeInLocalRepository(AbstractRepositoryMetadata.java:68)
... 32 more

[Timothy Perrett]

Have you tried using the windows installer?

Cheers, Tim

>  http://www.lag.net/repo/(http://www.lag.net/repo/)

>  http://www.lag.net/repo/(http://www.lag.net/repo/)

[David Pollak]

Please make sure you are:
- Using Maven 2.0.9 or greater
- Running things from the Windows command prompt (not the Git shell or Cygwin)

I regularly use Windows for Scala development.  I wrote Beginning Scala on a Windows machine and my traveling laptop is a Windows machine.  I have not experienced any problems with Lift, Scala, or Maven on Windows.

--
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Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
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[DFectuoso]

Yea, my steps where install java 1.5_20, then ran the windows
installer i got from liftweb.com, then tried to run the application
and basicly got into this problem, seems like maven is trying to
download information from lift's repo and it get an error while trying
to store it on localhost, i'll keep messing with this.

David, yea im sure it works, there no doubt about it, and no religious
war was intented i just dont know if i was missing something obvious
and wanted to ask.(btw its vista and im running it on the command
prompt, with "run as administrator" selected).


On Aug 23, 12:20 pm, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Please make sure you are:
> - Using Maven 2.0.9 or greater
> - Running things from the Windows command prompt (not the Git shell or
> Cygwin)
>

> I regularly use Windows for Scala development.  I wrote *Beginning Scala* on

> >  http://www.lag.net/repo/(http://www.lag.net/repo/)

> >  http://www.lag.net/repo/(http://www.lag.net/repo/)

> Beginning Scalahttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890