错误：
Could not resolve archetype org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:1.1 from any of the configured repositories.
Could not resolve artifact org.apache.maven.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:pom:1.1
解决思路：在本地库中装载maven-archetype-quickstart-1.1.jar
第1步.从 http://maven.ibiblio.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/archetypes/maven-archetype-quickstart/maven-archetype-quickstart-1.1.jar
下载最新版maven-archetype-quickstart-1.1.jar
第2步.cmd窗口执行
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes -DartifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -Dversion=1.1 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=d:\maven-archetype-webapp-1.0.jar
红字是你jar包放在的位置
追加说明：
按照以上步骤仍然还不行，查明了原因。maven配置的镜像库是oschina的，貌似关闭了。后来改用阿里的就可以了。附上MAVEN依赖的比较全的镜像库地址：
????<!--指定阿里云仓库--> ???<mirror> ?????<id>alimaven</id> ?????<name>aliyun maven</name> ?????<url>http://maven.aliyun.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url> ?????<mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> ???????????</mirror> ???<mirror> ???????<id>central</id> ???????<name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name> ???????<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url> ???????<mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> ???</mirror> ???<mirror> ???????<id>repo2</id> ???????<mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> ???????<name>Human Readable Name for this Mirror.</name> ???????<url>http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/</url> ???</mirror> ???<mirror> ???????<id>ibiblio</id> ???????<mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> ???????<name>Human Readable Name for this Mirror.</name> ???????<url>http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2/</url> ???</mirror> ???<mirror> ???????<id>jboss-public-repository-group</id> ???????<mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> ???????<name>JBoss Public Repository Group</name> ???????<url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public</url> ???</mirror> ???<!-- 中央仓库在中国的镜像 --> ???<mirror> ???????<id>maven.net.cn</id> ???????<name>oneof the central mirrors in china</name> ???????<url>http://maven.net.cn/content/groups/public/</url> ???????<mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> ???</mirror>
使用maven创建工程报错Could not resolve archetype org.apache.maven.archetype
原文地址：http://www.cnblogs.com/30go/p/7895455.html