Maven 3.3.1 Config Error in IntelliJ Idea 14

Question

I got the maven .tar file from http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi, and installed it to the path /usr/local/. I run the mvn -version command in the new window, the output is correct. Below is my .bash_profile in my home directory:

JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk7/Contents/Home  
CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/dt.jar:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar  
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH:  
export JAVA_HOME  
export CLASSPATH  
export PATH  
M2_HOME=/usr/local/maven  
M2=$M2_HOME/bin  
PATH=$M2:$PATH  
export M2_HOME    
export M2  
export PATH

and the mvn -version is below :

BianFranks-MacBook-Pro:~ Frank$ mvn -version  
Apache Maven 3.3.1 (cab6659f9874fa96462afef40fcf6bc033d58c1c; 2015-03-    14T04:10:27+08:00)  
Maven home: /usr/local/maven  
Java version: 1.7.0_72, vendor: Oracle Corporation  
Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk7/Contents/Home/jre  
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8  
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.10.2", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

But the tips occurred when cleaning the module via Maven in Intellij IDEA 14:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk7/Contents/Home/bin/java -Dmaven.home=/usr/local/maven -Dclassworlds.conf=/usr/local/maven/bin/m2.conf -Didea.launcher.port=7532 "-Didea.launcher.bin.path=/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA 14.app/Contents/bin" -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath "/usr/local/maven/boot/plexus-classworlds-2.5.2.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA 14.app/Contents/lib/idea_rt.jar" com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher -Didea.version=14.0.2 clean  
-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory system propery is not set. Check   $M2_HOME environment variable and mvn script match.   
Process finished with exit code 1

the system property is not set, but I don't know how to set it...

score 73 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 01 '15 at 21:13

73

Open up the IntelliJ settings dialog.

In Maven-->Runner options set a following VM option: -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=project root

edited Sep 01 '15 at 21:13

Niel de Wet

7,806
9
63
100

answered Mar 19 '15 at 04:38

dreamer

746
6
4

Great, it's ok. Thx very much , But I wanna the reason why it occurred. – Frank Mar 19 '15 at 07:24
this case occurred because I changed my mac from air to pro, and the version of maven changed from 3.2.3 to 3.3.1. – Frank Mar 19 '15 at 07:26
2

It could be a bug in Maven 3.3.1 maybe? – dreamer Mar 19 '15 at 11:42
4

yes, it's a known issue and fixed in nearest update : – Frank Mar 19 '15 at 12:18
Can you please explain what "some_valid_path" represents here? – MichaelCleverly Mar 20 '15 at 09:53
3

I'm sorry. "some_valid_path" is of course the Project Home directory – MichaelCleverly Mar 20 '15 at 10:07
I set valid path to my maven home directory. That also worked. – t0tec Mar 21 '15 at 10:14
@Frank, next time just answer the question, rather than leaving a comment. While dreamer gave an answer that is valid for maven 3.3.1 as a whole (there is a new required option), it wasn't actually the solution for IntelliJ users. Going to the issue you mention and downloading the various archives IS the solution. See avandeursen's answer for an example of how it's done. – rbellamy Mar 22 '15 at 17:06
What do you mean with runner options? – Rodolfo Velasco Jun 08 '15 at 17:38
For me, it worked by putting $M2_HOME, i.e. -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=$M2_HOME – hectorg87 Jun 27 '16 at 12:03

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '15 at 20:04

20

This is a known bug in IntelliJ (as indicated by @Frank) in IntelliJ 14.0.3 and 14.1.

It will be fixed in IntelliJ 14.0.5 and 14.1.1.

If you need the fix right now, you can download and install the specific fix as described in the issue.

Alternatively, if you do not need the newest maven 3.3.1, you can fallback to an earlier version of maven.

answered Mar 21 '15 at 20:04

avandeursen

8,458
3
41
51

1

I would like to say they bundled Maven 3.0.5 with the new Intellij 14.1 release which also could be a temporary fix for others. – t0tec Mar 24 '15 at 15:40

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '15 at 13:09

16

I've got the same error with these tools version:

apache-maven-3.3.1
Eclipse: Luna Service Release 2 (4.4.2) with M2Eclipse 1.5.0
java: 1.8.0_31

Solved it by adding the VM argument (-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory= MAVEN_HOME_PATH)

answered Mar 26 '15 at 13:09

jMounir

495
2
11

7

Had the same problem with a similar setup. My only difference was using Mars Milestone 6. Apparently though, the argument doesn't even need a value, it just has to be there. Putting "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory= " into my VM args for the project solved the problem. – sheltem Mar 31 '15 at 09:35
Works well also with Eclipse Luna – atao Apr 04 '15 at 08:18

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 28 '15 at 17:09

6

If the variant from previous comments will not work:

-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=project root

you can try this with quotes:

-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory="project root"

This is exactly what helped me.

answered Dec 28 '15 at 17:09

Optio

7,244
2
22
30

Thanks, this worked for me as well. The one with the quotes. – SoltanG Apr 05 '16 at 21:40

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 20:20

0

Got the same with Luna Service Release 2 (4.4.2), following are the steps that i followed:

Goto - Run Configuration - under JRE tab - type -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=

This solution was provided by sheltem Mar...Thanks

answered Apr 29 '15 at 20:20

AnuDevlearning

1
1

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 01 '15 at 14:33

0

Goto Run Configuration under JRE tab
type(in VM argument text field) "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory="

edited Jul 01 '15 at 14:33

hiergiltdiestfu

2,339
2
25
36

answered May 07 '15 at 12:27

Anadi Kumar

1
1

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 07 '16 at 08:58

This thread is important thread and very useful so I added this solution to it. I added this line to maven runner and it works with me

    -Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=$M2_HOME

Noting that, M2_HOME is defined in the environment variables for maven home in case of windows OS.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 21 '17 at 09:59

If you don't rely on an external IDE, remember to put this in MAVEN_OPTS, like so (Linux)

export MAVEN_OPTS=-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=<your path>

From Apache Maven's documentation, it's good to learn about this variable:

This variable contains parameters used to start up the JVM running Maven and can be used to supply additional options to globally to Maven. E.g. JVM memory settings could be defined with the value -Xms256m -Xmx512m.

You can refer to this link https://maven.apache.org/configure.html

Maven 3.3.1 Config Error in IntelliJ Idea 14

8 Answers8

Linked

Related