title: Maven: Failed to parse plugin descriptor for org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.1.1
body: <p>I have configured maven 3.2.2 and JBoss EAP 6.1 in centos 6.1;I have installed these things in a remote vm machine and accessing them using PuTTY</p>
  
  <p>I have tried to run a quick start program helloworld-jms program using the command</p>
  
  <pre><code>`mvn clean compile exec:java`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it is giving the error saying </p>
  
  <pre><code>`[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] Total time: 01:43 min
  [INFO] Finished at: 2014-07-22T03:32:32+05:30
  [INFO] Final Memory: 7M/171M
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [ERROR] Failed to parse plugin descriptor for org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.1.1 (/root/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/exec-maven-plugin/1.1.1/exec-maven-plugin-1.1.1.jar): error in opening zip file`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i thought problem is with the proxy settings and i went to /root/.m2/settings.xml and changed the proxy settings also still this problem is remaining</p>
  
  <p>I have also removed the repository under .m2 folder and clean installed maven using the command</p>
  
  <pre><code>`mvn -U clean install`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it gave me a message build successful; and new repository appeared</p>
  
  <p>again I tried to run the program with the command <code>mvn clean compile exec:java</code></p>
  
  <p>I couldn't locate the error</p>
  
  <p>Please help me what could be the error and how to solve it; I have checked earlier posts and tried the best I could </p>