Add Maven nature to existing Eclipse project that has pom but no Maven submenu

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How can I convert a project to Maven nature when there is no sub-menu for Maven on right click in Eclipse? The project already has a POM file.

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/q/2449461/2670892 — greg-449, Sep 04 '15 at 13:56
@greg I found that question while I was initially looking for a solution, but that is for a project that does not already use Maven as its build tool it looks like. — Captain Man, Sep 04 '15 at 14:06

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '16 at 20:37

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Right click on the project- Configure - Convert -Convert to Maven Project

This is also a method to refresh the Maven Dependencies.

answered Apr 22 '16 at 20:37

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 04 '15 at 13:34

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Delete the project (but do not delete it from disk) and re-import but choose to import an existing Maven project.

answered Sep 04 '15 at 13:34

Captain Man

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This helped me when a multi-module maven project "lost" its maven nature. – Tamas G. Jun 29 '18 at 12:31

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '20 at 07:49

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In the latest IDE's it is this way: right click on project >> Configure >> Convert to Maven Project

answered Nov 11 '20 at 07:49

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 05 '20 at 14:39

I had the same issue. I do not even have the configure option as mentioned in the accepted answer. But as @captain said i deleted them, But importing as maven doesn't work either. So I tried the other option below.

Instead of importing as Existing maven project I imported them as General -> Projects from folder or Archive.

This brought back maven nature and boot nature as well.

Add Maven nature to existing Eclipse project that has pom but no Maven submenu

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