Unable to generate a project

[mcgivrer]

I've just try the following commande :

frederic@nostromo5:~/Projects/java/myfirstgame$ mvn archetype:generate     -DarchetypeRepository=local     -DarchetypeRepository=$HOME/.m2/repository     -DarchetypeGroupId=com.badlogic.gdx     -DarchetypeArtifactId=gdx-archetype     -DarchetypeVersion=0.9.9-SNAPSHOT

And the input the following parameters :

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Libgdx Project Archetype 0.9.9-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ gdx-archetype >>>
[INFO] 
[INFO] <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ gdx-archetype <<<
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) @ gdx-archetype ---
[INFO] Generating project in Interactive mode
[INFO] Archetype defined by properties
[WARNING] Could not transfer metadata com.badlogic.gdx:gdx-archetype:0.9.9-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml from/to gdx-archetype-repo (/home/frederic/.m2/repository): No connector available to access repository gdx-archetype-repo (/home/frederic/.m2/repository) of type default using the available factories WagonRepositoryConnectorFactory
Define value for property 'groupId': : com.mcgivrer.games
Define value for property 'artifactId': : myfirstgame
Define value for property 'version':  1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 
Define value for property 'package':  com.mcgivrer.games: : 
Define value for property 'JavaGameClassName': : MyFirstGame
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: com.mcgivrer.games
artifactId: myfirstgame
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: com.mcgivrer.games
JavaGameClassName: MyFirstGame
 Y: : Y

Then, the process crash with the following error :

[ERROR] org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.InvalidPackaging: Unable to add module to the current project as it is not of packaging type 'pom'
org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.ArchetypeGenerationFailure: org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.InvalidPackaging: Unable to add module to the current project as it is not of packaging type 'pom'
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype(DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.java:237)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultArchetypeGenerator.processFileSetArchetype(DefaultArchetypeGenerator.java:136)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype(DefaultArchetypeGenerator.java:106)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype(DefaultArchetypeGenerator.java:149)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype(DefaultArchetypeGenerator.java:209)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.DefaultArchetypeManager.generateProjectFromArchetype(DefaultArchetypeManager.java:71)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.execute(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:190)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.InvalidPackaging: Unable to add module to the current project as it is not of packaging type 'pom'
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.common.DefaultPomManager.addModule(DefaultPomManager.java:98)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.processPomWithParent(DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.java:608)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.processFilesetProject(DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.java:553)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.processFilesetModule(DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.java:495)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.generator.DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.generateArchetype(DefaultFilesetArchetypeGenerator.java:210)
    ... 27 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 23.383s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Oct 21 20:56:00 CEST 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 9M/81M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.0:generate (default-cli) on project gdx-archetype: org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.InvalidPackaging: Unable to add module to the current project as it is not of packaging type 'pom' -> [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/MojoFailureException
frederic@nostromo5:~/Projects/java/libgdx-maven-archetype$ 

What have I done wrong ?

[zergood]

I have the same problem..
You should leave the directory where you cloned this repo and after that start the maven mvn archetype:generate.

[targeter21]

I ran into this issue as well and the problem was indeed because I was still in the cloned libgdx-maven-archetype folder I had ;). Once I went up a directory into my root git folder and re-ran the command, it worked. I think this can be closed personally, unless mcgivrer is still having issues.

[davidrehakcz]

I would suggest a change within the Wiki for the install command of the archetype as follows:
mvn install archetype:update-local-catalog
Infact it just updates the local repo catalog.

[eduyayo]

if you run the generator in a directory without a pom.xml it works... just create an empty folder and run the generator inside