Error: java: package org.springframework.boot does not exist

Question

I made a simple application today that gives me a few errors when I run. I made another application very similar to this one yesterday which was working fine but is now broke as well

I am getting these errors:

Error:(4, 32) java: package org.springframework.boot does not exist
Error:(5, 46) java: package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure does not exist
Error:(6, 35) java: package org.springframework.context does not exist
Error:(9, 2) java: cannot find symbol
  symbol: class SpringBootApplication
Error:(13, 17) java: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class ApplicationContext
  location: class com.example.dependencyinjection.DependencyInjectionApplication
Error:(13, 42) java: cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable SpringApplication
  location: class com.example.dependencyinjection.DependencyInjectionApplication
Error:(3, 38) java: package org.springframework.stereotype does not exist
Error:(5, 2) java: cannot find symbol
  symbol: class Controller

Here is my pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.2.7.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>dependency-injection</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>dependency-injection</name>
    <description>Example project for Spring Boot</description>

    <properties>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
                    <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

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

</project>

I have tried:

Reimporting all Maven projects
Generating sources and updating all folders for all projects
Creating a new project using Spring initalizer
Checking settings path for settings.xml
Deleting the .m2 folder
Invalidating caches and restarting
Reopening the project with auto imports on
Removing/altering VM options for imports
Forcing Intellij to reread all maven dependencies
Confirming that the dependencies are in Modules
Updating Maven repositories
Many different pom.xml configurations
Cloning and building a project which is known to work
Changing Maven's default executable
Turning auto sync completely off
Reinstalling Intellij

Any other ideas?

Does https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-239150#focus=streamItem-27-4117814.0-0 help? IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1 and 2020.1.1 versions are affected by a bug specific to Maven projects where build fill fail from the IDE. You can also use 2019.3.x release from https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/previous.html as a workaround. — CrazyCoder, May 15 '20 at 20:57
Does this answer your question? [package org.springframework.boot does not exist](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48847951/package-org-springframework-boot-does-not-exist) — Gonçalo Peres, Aug 08 '23 at 14:05

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '20 at 22:14

There is a known bug in IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1 and 2020.1.1 versions (will be fixed in 2020.1.2) where Maven dependencies are not found by the compiler because the path macros are not resolved properly.

You can use a workaround until the fix is released or downgrade to 2019.3.x version.

The workaround is to override the default setting for Settings (Preferences on macOS) | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | Maven | Local repository (set it to some other value different from default).

Or else make sure the path.macros.xml file exists in <IDE config>/options directory with the following content:

<application>
  <component name="PathMacrosImpl">
   <macro name="KOTLIN_BUNDLED" value="<path to IDE installation>\plugins\Kotlin\kotlinc" />
    <macro name="MAVEN_REPOSITORY" value="<path to>/.m2/repository" />
  </component>
</application>

Where the <path to>/.m2/repository - is the path to your local Maven repository and the <path to IDE installation> - the path to IDE installation home.

You pointed me in the right direction. Mine worked by changing the `Maven Home Path` to my locally installed maven, instead of using the default Wrapper. — Khalil, Aug 03 '22 at 21:27

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 25 '20 at 10:45

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in my case have changed Maven import JDK version. In latest version in intellij its pointing to JDK11. then changes to my internal JDK version resolved issue

answered Dec 25 '20 at 10:45

Anand saga

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 15 '20 at 06:00

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Add spring-boot-starter-web dependency to your POM

<dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

answered May 15 '20 at 06:00

user2693135

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Thank you for your answer but I'm certain that it doesn't have anything to do with the pom file – neovr May 15 '20 at 20:49

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 30 '21 at 18:49

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I followed these steps and my project built successfully.

run mvn clean
go to Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Maven -> Repositories and update them.(not sure if this is nessasary)
Refresh your maven dependancies by clicking the reload button on the maven tab.
Go to build and click on rebuild project.

edited Jun 30 '21 at 18:49

Dharman

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answered Jun 30 '21 at 18:44

Jp Silver

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 15 '20 at 04:47

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You don't need the spring-boot dependency in your pom.xml

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>

answered May 15 '20 at 04:47

Sneharghya Pathak

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Thank you for the answer but it's still giving me the error – neovr May 15 '20 at 05:38

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 13 '21 at 05:50

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Well, I was able to solve the issue by simply restarting my laptop having all required dependencies and JDK setup.

answered May 13 '21 at 05:50

nabinghatani

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Error: java: package org.springframework.boot does not exist

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