java - Could not create local repository at /var/root/.m2/repository

Question

My local maven repo is here /Users/power/.m2/repository.

But I got this error

[java] [ERROR] Could not create local repository at /var/root/.m2/repository -> [Help 1]

Seems Maven thinks that it should use a root user repo. How can I fix it? I don't need to run my maven tasks using root permissions.

Answer 1

The default maven repository is

${user.home}/.m2/repository/

but you can use settings.xml ( ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml ) to change it to a folder that you have permissions on. Or conf/settings.xml in the ${MAVEN_HOME} and change:

<settings>
...
<localRepository>/path/to/local/repo/</localRepository>
...
</settings>

Ideally, you should run maven as yourself and not root to make sure you have permissions or doing 'ksu' first and then use command line.