Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file

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This is my first project using Spring (and I'm not too experienced with Maven either) and I get the error in the title when running mvn package.

This is my pom.xml:

<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>hu.infolaverage.europress.imageprovider</groupId>
    <artifactId>imageprovider</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.2.RELEASE</version>
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <start-class>hu.infolaverage.europress.imageprovider.App</start-class>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.11</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.11</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.11</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
            <artifactId>cxf-rt-ws-security</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.11</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.ws.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
            <version>1.5.6</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.1</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
            <artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>
            <version>3.3.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
            <version>1.10</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.1</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.3.2</version>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.0.2.RELEASE</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>repackage</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
            <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
            <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

    <pluginRepositories>
        <pluginRepository>
            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
            <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
            <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
        </pluginRepository>
    </pluginRepositories>
</project>

And here is the full error:

[INFO] Error stacktraces are turned on.
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] 
[INFO] Using the builder org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder with a thread count of 1
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building imageprovider 1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.5:clean (default-clean) @ imageprovider ---
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage (default) @ imageprovider ---
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 4.451 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2014-05-06T09:06:49+01:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 13M/167M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage (default) on project imageprovider: Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage (default) on project imageprovider: Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:224)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:108)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:76)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:116)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:361)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:584)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:213)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:157)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionException: Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:144)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
    ... 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Source must refer to an existing file
    at org.springframework.boot.loader.tools.Repackager.<init>(Repackager.java:56)
    at org.springframework.boot.maven.RepackageMojo$1.<init>(RepackageMojo.java:102)
    at org.springframework.boot.maven.RepackageMojo.execute(RepackageMojo.java:102)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:133)
    ... 20 more
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException

Same thing happens when I remove the version and executions from the spring-boot-maven-plugin.

score 91 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 02 '18 at 04:48

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Try mvn install before running spring-boot:repackage:

mvn clean install spring-boot:repackage

edited Aug 02 '18 at 04:48

answered May 06 '14 at 07:11

Dimitris

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Well, actually that worked for me. I used `mvn spring-boot:repackage` and got `Source must refer to an existing file`. Using `mvn clean install spring-boot:repackage` made it work. – sjngm Jun 06 '14 at 18:22
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`mvn clean install spring-boot:repackage` also worked for me. – calvin Nov 16 '14 at 02:10
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@sjngm your answer was definitely the best one. – joninx Jan 25 '17 at 11:52
@snjgm your comment should be the answer, and this worked for me, thanks! – alturium Mar 15 '18 at 14:13
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you can also just do 'package' before hand instead of install... `mvn clean package spring-boot:repackage` – harmanjd Nov 16 '18 at 16:33

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '14 at 10:26

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Ok, I found the error. I needed to change the packaging parameter to jar from pom. Also, the repositories, pluginRepositories, the maven-compiler-plugin and the spring-boot-maven-plugin's version and executions weren't needed.

answered May 06 '14 at 10:26

r1pp3rj4ck

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You're welcome, happy to help others who run into the same issues as I :) don't like to be DenverCoder9 :D – r1pp3rj4ck May 08 '14 at 07:09

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '18 at 03:11

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Just adding my experience :

After none of the suggested solutions worked. I figured out there was some issue with the downloaded spring-boot-maven-plugin in the .m2 folder. Deleting the plugin and allowing the "mvn clean install" to re-download and build worked.

answered May 14 '18 at 03:11

programmer

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Yes .. worked with me .. manually delete all the files in .`m2\repository` folder and then run `mvn -clean install` – Ahmed Nabil Aug 13 '18 at 06:25

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 19 '21 at 00:10

If your project is multi-module, bear in mind where the app class is. I had to do 3 things to make this work:

As always when you do a significant change in your pom, from your IDE do a Maven > update project.

As suggested by other people:

mvn clean install spring-boot:repackage

It still did not work... from the parent pom of my app. My app is moltimodule, with one of the modules having the Spring Application class. Only when I run the repackage goal from that module I get my fat jar properly generated, otherwise I am getting:

Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.4.1:repackage failed: Unable to find main class

because the build starts with the modules the one having the main class depend on, and, of course, they do not hold the main class of the app.

I am still investigating why, because I want to have my project built in one shot as per the reactor dependency detection, rather than doing it in 2 shots, which apart from ugly is quite inconvenient for CI automation.

And here is the hint for my issue 3 above: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57187588/spring-boot-multi-module-maven-project-repackage-failed — WinterBoot, Feb 19 '21 at 00:33

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 05 '21 at 09:30

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For me, the trick was reinstalling all dependencies.

This can be done in two ways:

using mvn dependency:purge-local-repository to delete all local dependencies
just deleting everything in the m2/repository folder, I suggest you use the mvn command.

Then, follow it up by a mvn clean install to load all the dependencies again.

edited Oct 05 '21 at 09:30

Alex

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answered Oct 05 '21 at 04:34

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 10 '20 at 14:50

The exact error message in my case was this one:

Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.5.14.RELEASE:repackage invalid entry size (expected 1 but got 0 bytes)

I was about to create an empty clean Spring Boot project and wanted to build it, to see if everything was good. I found out that error was caused by the presence of en empty application.properties file. It was created but there was no any text in it. After I added a property (example, server.port: 19999), the project was built successfully.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 15 '22 at 07:28

For me it was API incompatibility exception. Since I did not specify the version in the plugin, the plugin was looking for the latest version which was not compatible, you have to specify the version explicitly for the plugin spring-boot-maven-plugin

Refer to Unable to load the mojo ‘repackage’ in the plugin spring-boot-maven-plugin due to an API incompatibility

score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 18 '20 at 12:08

I added to the pom.xml this configuration

<plugins>
 <plugin>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
      <skip>true</skip>
    </configuration>
 </plugin>
.
.
.
</plugins>

Source

score -2 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 23 '20 at 18:23

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If you are using intelliJ community, nothing listed will work. I switched to Eclipse and was able to run a spring project with the default settings from start.spring.io with while making no changes to the POM file or any settings. It seems intelliJ community makes a confusing mess out of spring projects.

In short try another IDE before going through with any changes. The start.spring.io setup should work as its packaged.

answered Nov 23 '20 at 18:23

ChillieCode

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Maven runs IDE agnostic. – Pieter De Bie May 23 '22 at 07:26

score -3 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 17 '21 at 13:22

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<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

answered Jan 17 '21 at 13:22

Ramachandran VG

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can you please comment your code and explain your answer ? – phoenixstudio Jan 17 '21 at 13:46

Execution default of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:1.0.2.RELEASE:repackage failed: Source must refer to an existing file

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