text: Q:
  
  Maven failed to resolve dependencies - javax.activation
  
  I have a working maven web application which uses many jars. Trying to add javax.activation and do a mvn clean install fails.
  I get "Failed to execute goal on project xxx: Could not resolve dependencies for project javax.activation:activation:jar:1.0.2 in central (http://build02.efollett.com:8081/artifactory/libs-release)
  When I check my maven repository I see the activation jar there. For example, navigating to C:\Users\me.m2\repository\javax\activation\activation\1.0.2 I see the following.
  activation-1.0.2.jar.lastUpdated
  activation-1.0.2.pom
  activation-1.0.2.pom.sha1
  activation-1.0.2.pom.tmp.sha1.tmp
  
  My colleague is using the same settings.xml and I have compared my local pom.xml to the version in cvs. They are all the same! Any thoughts on what I am missing?
  Thanks for your help.
  
  A:
  
  Sun will not allow Maven to redistribute its binaries, including JavaMail JAR and Activation JAR. Instead, all users must install Sun binaries manually by downloading them from Sun's website and running the mvn install command.
  1. Download Java Activation Framework
  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/jaf-136260.html
  and then
  http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jaf/1.0.2-fcs/jaf-1_0_2-upd2.zip
  2. Extract "jaf-1.0.2"
  3. Run at folder "jaf-1.0.2"
  mvn install:install-file -Dfile=activation.jar -DgroupId=javax.activation -DartifactId=activation -Dversion=1.0.2 -Dpackaging=jar
  
  A:
  
  The artifact you need is javax.activation:activation:jar:1.0.2 (pay attention to the jar part), while the artifact you have in your repo is javax.activation:activation:pom:1.0.2. Either place a jar one into your repo or add <classifier>pom</classifier> to your <dependency>.
  
  