Project configurator "EnableJdtAptM" required by plugin execution "maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile" is not available

Question

I have no idea how to fix this. I imported a Maven project that actually hasn't anything to do with Spring but I am getting

Project configurator "org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot.properties.editor.maven.EnableJdtAptM2EProjectConfigurator" required by plugin execution "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (execution: default-compile, phase: compile)" is not available. To enable full functionality, install the project configurator and run Maven->Update Project Configuration.

Of course I already run a Maven update but it does not resolve this error.

So what is this even about?

Answer 1

Try installing m2e-apt from Eclipse Marketplace (apt stands for Annotation Processing Tool) and then running Maven -> Update Project...

At least for me, this fixed the issue.

EDIT: m2e-apt is also available from jboss update site: http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/m2e-extensions/m2e-apt