title: Maven error in eclipse (pom.xml) : Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:pom:2.12.4
body: <p>I wanna make web project using the Maven to import automatically all libraries that I need, so I chose <code>"maven-archetype-webpp"</code></p>
  
  <p>after that I got this error on pom.xml file : </p>
  
  <pre><code>Description Resource Path Location Type Failure to transfer org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:pom:2.12.4 from http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced. Original error: Could not transfer artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:pom:2.12.4 from/to central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): The operation was cancelled. pom.xml /SpringTuto line 1 Maven Configuration Problem
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>I've updated my Maven project but with no results !!</strong></p>
  
  <p>POM.XML :</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"&gt;
    &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
    &lt;groupId&gt;com.pre.example&lt;/groupId&gt;
    &lt;artifactId&gt;SpringTuto&lt;/artifactId&gt;
    &lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;/packaging&gt;
    &lt;version&gt;0.0.1-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
    &lt;name&gt;SpringTuto Maven Webapp&lt;/name&gt;
    &lt;url&gt;http://maven.apache.org&lt;/url&gt;
    &lt;dependencies&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
        &lt;groupId&gt;junit&lt;/groupId&gt;
        &lt;artifactId&gt;junit&lt;/artifactId&gt;
        &lt;version&gt;3.8.1&lt;/version&gt;
        &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
    &lt;/dependencies&gt;
    &lt;build&gt;
      &lt;finalName&gt;SpringTuto&lt;/finalName&gt;
    &lt;/build&gt;
  &lt;/project&gt;
  </code></pre>