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UnknownArchetype: The desired archetype does not exist

recently encountered this error while generating a project in my intellij.

[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ————————————————————————
[INFO] : org.apache.maven.archetype.exception.UnknownArchetype: The desired archetype does not exist (org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp:RELEASE)
The desired archetype does not exist (org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-webapp:RELEASE)

Solution: The archtypes are downloaded from the maven central repo, so make sure the repo is specified in your .m2/settings.xml

In the settings.xml,  under profiles->profile->repositories add the maven central repo url

      <profiles> <profile>  <repositories>

              <repository>

                <releases> <enabled>true</enabled> </releases>

                <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>

                <id>central</id>

                <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>

            </repository>

        ……

     </repositories> </profile> </profiles>

Tip: Check if the url ‘https://repo1.maven.org/maven2‘ works first , else give a repo which works.