title: Resolve error obtaining dependencies: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0
body: <p>This has been a recurring problem from time to time even with no changes to <code>BuildConfig.groovy</code>.</p>
  <p>I have the following in the plugins section of BuildConfig:</p>
  <pre><code>compile &quot;:weceem:1.2&quot;
  </code></pre>
  <p>This has a dependency to <strong>ckeditor-3.6.6.1.0</strong> which produced the error:</p>
  <pre><code>Resolve error obtaining dependencies: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0
  </code></pre>
  <p>I have worked around this before by placing <code>compile &quot;:ckeditor:3.6.6.1.1&quot;</code> in the same section as the code above as per <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160514155942/http://jira.jcatalog.com/browse/WCM-887?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Aall-tabpanel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this bug issued</a>, which did actually work for some time.</p>
  <p>Now, however, I'm getting the same error again even with the reference to ckeditor 3.6.6.1.1.</p>
  <p>Here is the output from dependency-report:</p>
  <pre><code>|Configuring classpath
  |Downloading: org/grails/plugins/ckeditor/3.6.6.1.0/ckeditor-3.6.6.1.0.pom
  Error |
  Resolve error obtaining dependencies: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0 (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
  Error |
  Resolve error obtaining dependencies: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0 (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
  Error |
  Resolve error obtaining dependencies: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0 (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
  Error |
  Resolve error obtaining dependencies: Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0 (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
  Error |
  Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0
  |Run 'grails dependency-report' for further information.
  Error |
  Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0
  |Run 'grails dependency-report' for further information.
  Error |
  Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0
  |Run 'grails dependency-report' for further information.
  Error |
  Failed to read artifact descriptor for org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0
  |Run 'grails dependency-report' for further information.
  Error |
  SLF4J: Failed to load class &quot;org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder&quot;.
  Error |
  SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
  Error |
  SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
  .
  |Environment set to development
  .
  build - Dependencies for the build system only (total: 33)
  +--- xalan:serializer:2.7.1
  +--- org.grails:grails-bootstrap:2.3.7
  |    \--- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.5
  |    \--- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.5
  |    \--- org.apache.ant:ant:1.8.4
  |    \--- jline:jline:2.11
  |    \--- org.apache.ant:ant-launcher:1.8.4
  |    \--- org.apache.ant:ant-trax:1.7.1
  |    \--- net.java.dev.jna:jna:4.0.0
  |    \--- org.apache.ant:ant-junit:1.8.4
  |    \--- org.codehaus.gant:gant_groovy1.8:1.9.6
  |    \--- org.apache.ivy:ivy:2.3.0
  |    \--- org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:1.11
  +--- org.grails:grails-scripts:2.3.7
  |    \--- org.spockframework:spock-core:0.7-groovy-2.0
  |         \--- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3
  |    \--- junit:junit:4.11
  +--- org.grails:grails-docs:2.3.7
  |    \--- org.xhtmlrenderer:core-renderer:R8
  |    \--- org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.8
  |    \--- org.grails:grails-gdoc-engine:1.0.1
  |    \--- com.lowagie:itext:2.0.8
  |         \--- bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk14:138
  |         \--- bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14:138
  |    \--- commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6
  +--- org.grails.plugins:tomcat:7.0.52.1
  |    \--- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina-ant:7.0.52
  |    \--- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:7.0.52
  |         \--- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:7.0.52
  |    \--- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-log4j:7.0.52
  |    \--- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:7.0.52
  |    \--- org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler:ecj:3.7.2
  |    \--- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:7.0.52
  
  
  |Downloading: org/grails/plugins/ckeditor/3.6.6.1.0/ckeditor-3.6.6.1.0.pom
  Error |
  Error executing script DependencyReport: org.eclipse.aether.collection.DependencyCollectionException: Failed to collect dependencies at org.grails.plugins:weceem:zip:1.2 -&gt; org.grails.plugins:ckeditor:zip:3.6.6.1.0 (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
  </code></pre>