specifying goal in pom.xml

Question

I am creating a new maven project with pom.xml as below:-

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>firstRestlet</groupId>
  <artifactId>restlet1</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>war</packaging>

  <name>restlet1</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
  <repositories>
<repository>
   <id>maven-restlet</id>
   <name>Public online Restlet repository</name>
   <url>http://maven.restlet.org</url>
</repository> 
</repositories>
  <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

The problem which i am facing is that target war file is not getting generated. On eclipse console after i ran this pom.xml what i found was goals missing in pom.xml.

ECLIPSE CONSOLE MESSAGE:

No goals have been specified for this build. You must specify a valid lifecycle phase or a goal in the format <plugin-prefix>:<goal> or <plugin-group-id>:<plugin-artifact-id>[:<plugin-version>]:<goal>. Available lifecycle phases are: validate, initialize, generate-sources, process-sources, generate-resources, process-resources, compile, process-classes, generate-test-sources, process-test-sources, generate-test-resources, process-test-resources, test-compile, process-test-classes, test, prepare-package, package, pre-integration-test, integration-test, post-integration-test, verify, install, deploy, pre-clean, clean, post-clean, pre-site, site, post-site, site-deploy. -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]

Please tell me how to specify goals in pom.xml.

Also tell me how to create RESTLET project using maven as build tool.

Thanks & Regards,

Please tell us what command you are running and what the output on the console is. — Wouter, Nov 08 '13 at 06:43

score 86 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '14 at 13:10

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The error message which you specified is nothing but you are not specifying goal for maven build.

you can specify any goal in your run configuration for maven build like clear, compile, install, package.

please following below step to resolve it.

right click on your project.
click 'Run as' and select 'Maven Build'
edit Configuration window will open. write any goal but your problem specific write 'package' in Goal text box.
click on 'Run'

answered Feb 05 '14 at 13:10

Narendra Rabari

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This did work for me, but the error message and its fix seem so vague and unncessary – IcedDante Jun 15 '15 at 19:32
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How to add the goal in pom.xml to make it available in "Run as" option of eclipse. ex : to make a validate goal available(Maven validate). – srinivas Mar 24 '16 at 06:11
Good question. I can not see option at this moment But i will check it and comment it here. Thanks – Narendra Rabari Mar 29 '16 at 13:49
What to enter in the "Profiles" text field? – Tes Aug 23 '20 at 17:27

score 31 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '16 at 12:46

I've bumped into this question because I actually wanted to define a default goal in pom.xml. You can define a default goal under build:

<build>
    <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
...
</build>

After that change, you can then simply run mvn which will do exactly the same as mvn install.

Note: I don't favor this as a default approach. My use case was to define a profile that downloaded a previous version of that project from Artifactory and wanted to tie that profile to a given phase. For convenience, I can run mvn -Pdownload-jar -Dversion=0.0.9 and don't need to specify a goal/phase there. I think it's reasonable to define a defaultGoal in a profile which has a very specific function for a particular phase.

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 08 '13 at 08:24

You should always give an argument to your maven command. Normally this is one of the lifecycles. For example:

mvn package

Package will create jars, wars, ears etc.

For more phases and their meaning, see: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 04 '14 at 18:34

1.right click on your project.
2.click 'Run as' and select 'Maven Build'
3. edit Configuration window will open. write any goal but your problem specific write 'package' in Goal
4 user settings: show your maven->directory->conf->settings.xml for example; C:\maven\conf\settings.xml

score 5 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:14

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Go to Terminal
Do mvn clean install

edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:14

Vojtech Ruzicka

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answered Nov 14 '16 at 13:40

timy kurian

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Excellent answer. – Salih Erikci Mar 09 '20 at 13:01
But what if I want to debug to hit the breakpoints? – Iqra. Aug 03 '20 at 00:26

score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 26 '18 at 20:34

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Add the goal like -

 <build>
        <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
        <!-- Source directory configuration -->
        <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
</build>

This will solve the issue

answered Oct 26 '18 at 20:34

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited May 22 '19 at 13:32

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I stumbled upon this exception, and found out that I forgot to add a Main.
Check out if you have public static void main(String[] args) correctly.

Good luck!

edited May 22 '19 at 13:32

taras

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answered May 22 '19 at 13:11

Shaked dounel

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 02 '22 at 14:26

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just add the below lines to your pom.xml

<build>
    <defaultGoal>package</defaultGoal>
</build>

answered Aug 02 '22 at 14:26

Anshul Gupta

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score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Mar 16 '19 at 08:10

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I am facing same Issue after run my build.

The error message tell us to specify your goal

Jenkins Issue related to goal for build

So I specify the goal Ex:-test.

Now It's running fine

edited Mar 16 '19 at 08:10

Siong Thye Goh

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answered Mar 16 '19 at 04:51

Sagar Tripathi

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Aug 17 '23 at 22:08

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You need to set the path of maven under Global setting like

MAVEN_HOME

/user/share/maven

and make sure the workbench have permission of read, write and delete "777"

edited Aug 17 '23 at 22:08

desertnaut

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answered Jun 19 '19 at 12:34

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 22 '20 at 22:16

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I ran into this when trying to run spring boot from the command line...

mvn spring-boot:run

I accidentally mis-typed the command as...

mvn spring-boot run

So it was looking for the commands... run, build etc...

answered May 22 '20 at 22:16

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 11 '21 at 12:51

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I've faced with this error message and solution was pretty simple. It was just fixed by specifying a working directory at my IntelijIdea configuration and specifying a goal as the paramameter opposite 'Command-line param'.

answered Nov 11 '21 at 12:51

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