Hi,
You need to tell us:
* the svn url you've used
* the maven version installed
* the maven command you've issued and from what directory
Now I'm curious: why do you need to build from sources? Are you
developing an extension, a plugin?
Thanks
-Vincent
On Jul 29, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Deepak24 S wrote:
 Hi,
 When i am trying to buils the svnroot resporitry ,i am getting this
 error
 from maven.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------[ERROR
 ]
 Maven encountered an error while trying to resolve an the direct
 dependencies for a build extension used in your project.
 Project:
 Group-Id: com.xpn.xwiki.platform
 Artifact-Id: xwiki-externals
 Version: UNVERSIONED
 Type: pom
 Scope: null
 Extension:
 Group-Id: com.xpn.xwiki.platform.tools
 Artifact-Id: xwiki-xar-handlers
 Version: 1.9-SNAPSHOT
 Type: jar
 Scope: null
 Failed Artifact:
 Group-Id: com.xpn.xwiki.platform.tools
 Artifact-Id: xwiki-xar-handlers
 Version: 1.9-SNAPSHOT
 Type: jar
 Scope: null
 Error message: Unable to read the metadata file for artifact
 'com.xpn.xwiki.platform.tools:xwiki-xar-handlers:jar': POM
 'com.xpn.xwiki.platform.tools:xwiki-xar-handlers' not found in
 repository:
 Unable to download the artifact from any repository
  com.xpn.xwiki.platform.tools:xwiki-xar-handlers:pom:1.9-SNAPSHOT
 from the specified remote repositories:
  xwiki-externals (
http://maven.xwiki.org/externals),
  xwiki-snapshots (
http://maven.xwiki.org/snapshots),
  central (
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2),
  xwiki-releases (
http://maven.xwiki.org/releases)
 for project com.xpn.xwiki.platform.tools:xwiki-xar-handlers
 Root error message: Unable to download the artifact from any
 repository
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Please help me out regarding.
 Thanks & Regards,
 Deepak Sharma
 Assistant Software Engineer-T
 Tata Consultancy Services
 Cell:- 9911502444
 Mailto: deepak24.s(a)tcs.com
 Website: 
http://www.tcs.com