Maven error "Unknown lifecycle phase ".test.skip=true"....."

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when i try to install maven, i get this error in intellij, itried all the solution proposed here "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5074063/maven-error-failure-to-transfer" but it doesn't work

PS C:\Users\stagiaire1\Desktop\Vgc\vgc-backend>  mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] 
[INFO] -----------------------< com.dzadvisory:bankapp >-----------------------
[INFO] Building bankapp 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  0.344 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2022-09-21T16:51:00+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Unknown lifecycle phase ".test.skip=true". 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 phas
es 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-com
pile, 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]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[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/LifecyclePhaseNotFoundException

try this -> mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true , I believe the command you're giving to skip test-case is wrong — Umesh Sulakude, Sep 21 '22 at 16:07
do you have any settings.xml in ur project ? can you post pom.xml file as well. — Umesh Sulakude, Sep 21 '22 at 16:19

score 16 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '23 at 11:14

16

It's because of PowerShell that interprets "-" as PowerShell params. ( your terminal shows "PS" in the first line )

so you should escape PowerShell params with --%, like

 mvn clean install --% -Dmaven.test.skip=true

answered Feb 06 '23 at 11:14

sbouchet

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 26 '22 at 19:23

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You can use this command instead.

mvn clean install -DskipTests

Reference Doc - Maven CheatSheet

answered Oct 26 '22 at 19:23

Saurabh Singh

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-DskipTests only skips the test execution, but -Dmaven.test.skip=true will skip the compilation of test classes, too – Steffen Jun 05 '23 at 09:47

TedEllis · Answer 3 · 2022-09-21T16:35:42.713

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Can't place this in a comment, not enough rep.

Few things here, the actions described below belong to the Maven Surefire Plugin which you will want to ensure is in the build entries inside your pom

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>x.x.x</version>
      <configuration>
        <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
      </configuration>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

Now you'll have three options to skip tests.

As you mentioned use -Dmaven.test.skip this will neither run, nor compile any of your tests meaning anything that relies on test artefacts being available will fail
You can use -DskipTests which will compile but not run your tests meaning anything that relies on test artefacts will be able to proceed
You can use the configuration property declared above (skipTests), which can be set in your pom properties

edited Sep 21 '22 at 16:35

answered Sep 21 '22 at 16:22

TedEllis

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i tried what u say but it doesn't work – Yas dev Sep 22 '22 at 08:48
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:3.2.0:resources (default-resources) on project bankapp: Input length = 1 -> [Help 1] [ERROR] [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. [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/MojoExecutionException – Yas dev Sep 22 '22 at 08:48
i have another error – Yas dev Sep 22 '22 at 08:48
This is a separate issue, however it should be able to be resolved by specifying your source encoding (most likely UTF-8) You can do this in the properties section of your pom.xml ` UTF-8 ` – TedEllis Sep 23 '22 at 02:21

Maven error "Unknown lifecycle phase ".test.skip=true"....."

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