WARNING The requested profile "pom.xml" could not be activated because it does not exist

Question

I am trying to run maven goal: validation and keep getting: [WARNING] The requested profile "pom.xml" could not be activated because it does not exist.

In my org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs:

activeProfiles=pom.xml
eclipse.preferences.version=1
resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
version=1

What did I do wrong?

Answer 1

1. Right click on your project
2. Go to "Run as"
3. Go to "Run configurations... "
4. When the screen opens, please delete the word "pom.xml" from the "Profiles:" line and then click "Run".

The project will now run.

Answer 2

Your activeProfiles is set to pom.xml. But your Maven profile should be defined inside your pom.xml with an id. You have to set this id as the active profile or remove this line to use the default profile of your maven project.

Answer 3

You just have to:

1. delete .m2 repository.
2. execute mvn clean install.

That solved my problem