How to force maven repository indexing in Eclipse?

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I have m2e installed in Eclipse and global maven configured in it. Recently I have added two geottools repositories, but Eclipse does not show them:

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Also it is not finding artefacts from it, like gt-shapefile.

How to force indexing? Rebuild Index and Update Index did not help. Removing m2e plugin folders from .metadata workspace folder also didn't help.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '13 at 00:47

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Go to Preferences > Maven
and select Download repository index updates on startup check box

Restarting eclipse should trigger index download for each repository. Also note that Repository should provide an index in first place for this option to work.

Please see error log ( Window > Show View ) for any related messages.

answered Aug 30 '13 at 00:47

Prashant Bhate

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Thanks for the answer, what if I don't want to do it every time I start Eclipse? – Brian Topping Jun 26 '15 at 23:07
@BrianTopping ... then disable it after enabling and sync ... see next comment for details – Andreas Covidiot Feb 10 '22 at 18:45
"*Download repository index updates on startup*" actually means "***Enable repository index updates (additionally on startup)***" ... see 2. point here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/70897567/1915920 – Andreas Covidiot Feb 10 '22 at 18:48
@BrianTopping in other words ... restarting eclipse is not necessary (tested e.g. with eclipse 4.17 2021-09) – Andreas Covidiot Feb 10 '22 at 18:59
@AndreasCovidiot Comment is from 2015... – Brian Topping Feb 15 '22 at 01:08

How to force maven repository indexing in Eclipse?

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